外教社中国概况（英文版）PPT课件CHAPTER 6.pptx

CHAPTER 6Language ContentsLanguages in ChinaⅠThe Chinese LanguageⅡThe Chinese CharactersⅢ ILanguages in China 1The Diversity of Languages and Characters in China2The Impact of the Chinese Characters on the World 1. The Diversity of Languages and Characters in ChinaDiversitythe 56 ethnic groups more than 100 languages29 writing systems Chinese charactershe Han, Hui and Manchu people use Chinese charactersthe Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, Kazak and other ethnic groups have their own charactersTibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan, signs written in minority languagesfacing extinction 2. The Impact of the Chinese Characters on the Worldmost used languagethe official languages of Singapore and Malaysia the standard Putonghua and a variety of dialects Minnan hua, Guangdong hua (Cantonese) and Hakka an important influence in the history of Asiaa cultural circle of the Chinese characters has come into existence.Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, and MongoliaJapanese people created Kanathe Koreans created the Korean characters “Vietnamese alphabetic writing”. IIThe Chinese Language 123Putonghua and DialectsAncient Chinese and Modern ChineseIdiomatic Phrases — Idioms, Proverbs, Common Sayings, and Allegorical Sayings4Language Policy 1. Putonghua and DialectsPutonghuais the modern standard Chinese language with the Beijing pronunciation as its standard pronunciation, the northern dialect as its basic dialect, and the modern vernacular as its grammatical norm. Putonghua is a standardized languageone of the six working languages of the United Nations “Putonghua is widely used by the state” “Learn Putonghua well, and you will have friends all over the world.” 国学usually divided into seven groups: northern dialect, Wu dialect, Hunan dialect, Jiangxi dialect, Hakka dialect, Cantonese dialect and Fujian dialect. dialects 生产产品数量生产率同比增长14.2%201570%70%202080%The Chinese government plans to enable more than 80% of Chinese people to speak Putonghua by 2020. couplets2. An