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Chinese Traditional Language

Traditional Chinese language is differentfrom simplified Chinese with respect to the variance in the set of characters that both of these Chinese languages include. Chinese traditional does not contain characters that were created or included in the Chinese dictionary after year 1946. The term "traditional Chinese" is used to distinguish traditional Chinese characters with simplified characters. These newly created characters are part of the Chinese simplified which were introduced in the 1950s by the government of the People's Republic of China.

Traditional Chinese History

In Chinese traditional, the regular character sets of Taiwan and Hong Kong, or those described in the Kangxi Dictionary are most commonly used. The present set of traditional Chinese characters is derived from the clerical script that was prevalent during the Han Dynasty. The characters of Traditional Chinese are presently prevalent in the countries of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Prior to 1950s, they were also in use in mainland China, before the language witnessed a simplification drive to get transformed into a new simplified version. In most Chinese communities residing in the countries other than Singapore and Malaysia, one can see traditional characters more in use. However, at this digital age, there are so many Chinese online newspapers that come with an advantage of switching from one version to another. In mainland China, one can easily observe the traditional characters on ancient monuments, buildings as well as signs those try to showcase a traditional aesthetic of antiquity. Among Chinese communities, living either in mainland China or Overseas, the selection between traditional and simplified Chinese characters has been a much debated topic.

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Chinese Dialects

The present versions of the Chinese language have evolved taking cue from the dialects of Old Chinese and Middle Chinese, in different ways. There were seven major dialects that brought significant changes in the evolution of the modern-day Chinese languages. These are Mandarin, Gan Chinese, Hakka Chinese, Min Chinese, Wu Chinese, Xiang Chinese and Yue Chinese.

In the northern and south-western parts of China, majority of people are the native speakers of a Mandarin dialect. On the contrary, there is a great deal of linguistic diversity in the mountainous regions of the southern China.

Among Chinese-speaking communities, there are different names for Traditional Chinese characters. In Taiwan, traditional Chinese characters are officially called standard characters or orthodox characters. However, outside Taiwan in Hong Kong, Macau and overseas Chinese communities, these are known as complex characters. Sometimes in informal manner, these characters are also known as "old characters".

In Hong Kong and of Macau, the Standard Cantonese is one of the official spoken languages. This variant of Chinese language is mainly spoken in the Guangdong province and among the overseas Chinese communities residing in the United States, Europe and South East Asia.

Chinese Grammar

Chinese grammar follows a similar grammatical system taking into consideration the language varieties or numerous dialects of the Chinese language. The most striking feature of Chinese grammar is that there is no provision for conjugation and that all words have only one grammatical form. In Chinese, through word order or using particles, numbers in nouns or verb tenses can be expressed. Unlike other languages, there is no singular and plural for nouns and there is no distinction of verbs as per the person of the subject.

The alphabet system in Mandarin Chinese is called PinYin which consists of 21 'consonants'. There are 16 main vowels and diphthongs. Chinese is primarily a tonal language. Thus, each character, giving a different meaning, is pronounced in a different tone. A character pronounced in different ways has different meanings.

The consonants, excluding j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s, are when read alone, should be read as the independent consonant’s sound + schwa sound (just like the French ‘e’ without an accent). Others are read as an independent consonant’s sound + short ‘i’. In Chinese, the topic of the sentence takes superiority in the sentence.

Traditional Chinese sentences

Some Chinese traditional sentences

Chinese poem

Traditional Chinese fonts

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Global Demand &Usage

With Chinese economy growing by leaps and bounds, the significance of China and the Chinese language is being felt across the globe. With around 900 million Chinese speaking people throughout the world, it is the most commonly spoken lingo in the world. Thus, Chinese is one of the important languages culturally as well as from business point of view. Learning Chinese can also be advantageous, as most of the instructions and sign boards in Chinese dominant areas are obviously written in Chinese. Chinese language can even open doors to employment in various occupations.