Chinese language(s) explained

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Many people think “Chinese” is a single language — but it’s actually a fascinating family of Sinitic languages, many of which are mutually unintelligible. In this video, we explore how varieties like Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese (Wu), Hokkien (Min), and others can be as different as French and Spanish — even though they’re all spoken in the same country.

👂 Can you understand speakers from other parts of China?
🧠 Are these dialects — or full languages?