home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1997 / The_Epic_Interactive_Encyclopedia_97.iso / m / mandarin / infotext < prev   
Text File  |  1992-09-02  |  201b  |  6 lines
  1. The standard form of the Chinese language.
  2. Historically it derives from the language
  3. spoken by mandarins, Chinese imperial
  4. officials, from the 7th century onwards. It
  5. is used by 70% of the population.
  6.