Filipino-Mandarin
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Filipino Mandarin is a variety of Mandarin Chinese widely spoken by ethnic Chinese in the Philippines. It is based on the phonology of the Beijing dialect
and the grammar of Vernacular Chinese
, and is identical to the standard of Mandarin used in Taiwan that is called "Guoyu" . Many Filipino-Chinese schools uses bopomofo
(zhuyin fuhao) to teach the language. Filipino Mandarin uses the "Traditional Chinese Characters in writing and it is seen in the newspapers. Filipino Mandarin can be classified into two distinct Mandarin dialects: Standard Mandarin and Colloquial Mandarin. These two dialects are easily distinguishable to a person proficient in Mandarin. Standard Mandarin is like the standard language of Taiwan, while Colloquial Mandarin tends to combine Mandarin and Min Nan Yu or Southern Hokkien Language.
Beijing dialect
Beijing dialect, or Pekingese , is the dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Beijing, China. It is the phonological basis of Standard Chinese, which is used by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China , and Singapore....
and the grammar of Vernacular Chinese
Vernacular Chinese
Written Vernacular Chinese refers to forms of written Chinese based on the vernacular language, in contrast to Classical Chinese, the written standard used from the Spring and Autumn Period to the early twentieth century...
, and is identical to the standard of Mandarin used in Taiwan that is called "Guoyu" . Many Filipino-Chinese schools uses bopomofo
Bopomofo
Zhuyin fuhao , often abbreviated as zhuyin and colloquially called bopomofo, was introduced in the 1910s as the first official phonetic system for transcribing Chinese, especially Mandarin....
(zhuyin fuhao) to teach the language. Filipino Mandarin uses the "Traditional Chinese Characters in writing and it is seen in the newspapers. Filipino Mandarin can be classified into two distinct Mandarin dialects: Standard Mandarin and Colloquial Mandarin. These two dialects are easily distinguishable to a person proficient in Mandarin. Standard Mandarin is like the standard language of Taiwan, while Colloquial Mandarin tends to combine Mandarin and Min Nan Yu or Southern Hokkien Language.
See also
- Taiwanese MandarinTaiwanese MandarinTaiwanese Mandarin is a variant of Mandarin derived from the official Standard Mandarin spoken in Taiwan Area of the Republic of China . The latter's standard lect is known in Taiwan as 國語 , based on the phonology of the Beijing dialect together with the grammar of Vernacular Chinese...
- Lan-nangLan-nangLan-nang is the Philippine variant of Hokkien. It is a subdialect of the Amoy dialect of Xiamen, Fujian, China. Lan-nang is spoken among the Chinese and Filipino residents of the Philippines. It is characterized by loanwords from Tagalog, Spanish, and Cantonese, as well as its emphasis on...
- Traditional Chinese Characters
- Languages of Philippines