Pelasgus
<Why don't you choose Spanish,French or Hindi or Shanghainese?>
<Wo fingbudong,are chinese mandarin the formal pure language type of chinese?>
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(Hindi: As a matter of fact, Hindi seems not important in Asia, because India can be considered as an English-speaking country, and in China there's almost few companies or organizations related to India, so Hindi is of little use in China.)
(Shanghainese: It is now only spoken in Shanghai city, and too many Shanghai people can speak Mandarin in public or in companies. In other words, Shanghainese is a declining dialect of Chinese, which is spoken in informal places or in families by Shanghai people. So it's not necessary for me then.)
(French & Spanish): Both French and Spansh aren't very important for Chinese people, especially in terms of finding a good job or have a chance to get a rise on salary or promotion, unless you try to work for any French-speaking companies or organizations, but neither companies nor organizations is easy to find out in China, at least they're far less than the ones of US, UK, Germany, Japan, probably even less than Italy too.)
(Mandarin: Our Mandarin was mostly based on northern Chinese dialect, especially derived from "Beijing" dialect, and in Mainland China, we use Simplified Characters while Taiwan people still use Traditional Characters. And Mandarin seems much easier than Cantonese, Minnanese(Taiwanese), Hakka or Shanghainese. As for foreigners, you should certainly choose Mandarin to learn as your Chinese language. It's actually not that difficult as you imagined. Mandarin is the only official language in Mainland China.)
Thank you very much! Happy to talk with you!
<Why don't you choose Spanish,French or Hindi or Shanghainese?>
<Wo fingbudong,are chinese mandarin the formal pure language type of chinese?>
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Re:
(Hindi: As a matter of fact, Hindi seems not important in Asia, because India can be considered as an English-speaking country, and in China there's almost few companies or organizations related to India, so Hindi is of little use in China.)
(Shanghainese: It is now only spoken in Shanghai city, and too many Shanghai people can speak Mandarin in public or in companies. In other words, Shanghainese is a declining dialect of Chinese, which is spoken in informal places or in families by Shanghai people. So it's not necessary for me then.)
(French & Spanish): Both French and Spansh aren't very important for Chinese people, especially in terms of finding a good job or have a chance to get a rise on salary or promotion, unless you try to work for any French-speaking companies or organizations, but neither companies nor organizations is easy to find out in China, at least they're far less than the ones of US, UK, Germany, Japan, probably even less than Italy too.)
(Mandarin: Our Mandarin was mostly based on northern Chinese dialect, especially derived from "Beijing" dialect, and in Mainland China, we use Simplified Characters while Taiwan people still use Traditional Characters. And Mandarin seems much easier than Cantonese, Minnanese(Taiwanese), Hakka or Shanghainese. As for foreigners, you should certainly choose Mandarin to learn as your Chinese language. It's actually not that difficult as you imagined. Mandarin is the only official language in Mainland China.)
Thank you very much! Happy to talk with you!