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Chinese - The Upcoming
Language
and Why You Should Learn It
China has been reborn in the last generation and is now firmly
one of the great powers of the world. China currently has
approximately one fifth of the worlds population and has
modernized itself along with its population growth.
Over the generations, Chinese migrants have initiated them
selves into the society of every country on earth. No matter
which city you live in, you are never far from a Chinese
restaurant. Even Chinese food carries its own culture and
tradition. China has now grown into the worlds production
centre. Each year more and more products are outsourced to
China for manufacture and assembly, in a growing trend that
does not seem likely to slow down in our generation.Business
people are now beginning to realize the need to learn the
Chinese language in order to do business with manufacturers and
wholesalers in global markets.
With China's recent economic explosion, it's quickly becoming a
necessity to at least have the skills needed to work with them.
Many major companies are looking for people who can help them
communicate and establish themselves in China. The best way to
get an edge on your competition in the job market is by being
useful in non-traditional qualifications. Mandarin, like most
Chinese dialects, is a tonal language. This means that tones,
just like consonants and vowels, are used to distinguish words
from each other. Mandarin has four tones while Cantonese has
more than six. People who can understand only either Mandarin
or Cantonese can communicate with each other by writing because
they use the same written characters with a few exceptions.
Mandarin Chinese has four tones: flat, rising, falling then
rising, and falling. Other dialects can have as many as nine
tones.
There are easy ways to learn the Chinese language with both
books and free
audio
courses.
by Gail Burton -
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Article by Gail Burton, a renowned traveller and gourmet. Gail
also manages LegAids, a site devoted to mobility and
ageing issues. To see more articles from Gail Burton
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