Chinese
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...most widespread form of Chinese is Mandarin, which...regarded as modern standard Chinese. It has several dialects...Nationalists seized control in 1911, the name was...by about 70% of the population of China. It is the...Other leading forms of Chinese include Wu, the tongue...