1. Chinese
Cantonese, the first language of 4% of the Chinese speaking world, is the most widely known and influential variety of Chinese other than Mandarin. ... Chinese (Cantonese) is in Sinitic type. ... Manchu transcriptions of Chinese words are very valuable to the study of Chinese phonology of the Ching dynasty. ... The difference here is that there is no article in Chinese and there is no auxiliary words in English like that in Chinese. ... It shows that principles governing word structure and phrase structure in Chinese are distinct with respect to alternative ordering of constituent...
- Word Count: 1221
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: Undergraduate