Chinese
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This article deals with Chinese as it relates to NationStates. For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on this subject.
| Chinese 华语 (huáyǔ) |
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| Major Chinese dialects: Mandarin Chinese |
The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; pinyin: hànyǔ, huáyǔ, or zhōngwén) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Although Chinese is often regarded as a single language, regional variations in dialect, grammar and vocabulary are comparable to those of Romance languages. All of the spoken varieties of Chinese, however, share a common formal written language, Vernacular Chinese, written using a nearly identical set of Chinese characters.
Chinese is a secondary language of NationStates, and is used by different nations in different ways. As a secondary language, it is not usually used directly in the forum or roleplay, as a significant portion of the NS players are from English-speaking countries. However, as with many other less common languages used by players, it has seen some use in a roleplaying context as an IC language that is either explicitly denoted, or assumed (often a Chinese-speaking character will speak and be understood, without the actual text being in Chinese).
Use of Chinese, and most non-English languages, is sometimes indicated by using a different colour for the spoken text when players do not want to assume away the language barrier but still want other players to understand what their characters are saying.
Chinese Speaking Nations in NationStates
| Nation | Notes on usage | |
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| Aerigia | Aerigian high school graduates must speak one of three other prominent languages of Chinese, Polish and German. | |
 Akasha
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Chinese is one of four official languages of the Akashan Union, along with Hindi, Japanese, and English. In Akasha, Chinese is primarily spoken in Taiwan, Singapore, Kinmen, Matsu, Hong Kong, the Spratly Islands, and some off-Earth territories, and native Chinese speakers comprise roughly 2% of the Akashan population. The most common variants of Chinese spoken in Akasha are Mandarin, Hokkien, and Hakka. All three are used officially at the republic level within Taiwan, and Hokkien is used officially at the union level within Akasha. | |
| Ammoka | Chinese is spoken sometimes in the Mongolian District. Especially in the South Western with ethnic Chinese people. | |
| Bai Lung | Historically, one of two official languages, the other being Korean. Now Dannistrian, Dovakhanese, English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese and Russian de facto. | |
| Bao You | Mandarin Chinese is one of two mahor and indigineous languages of Bao You and is commonly spoken throughout the country along with Vietnamese, Latin and English. | |
| Central and Eastern Visayas | Mandarin is one of four official languages in Central and Eastern Visayas, while Hokkien Chinese remains a recognized unofficial language. Traditional Chinese is the usual script used, but Hanyu Pinyin is used when instructing non-native speakers of Mandarin Chinese. | |
| Chinese Regions | Mandarin Chinese is the main dialect and official language here but many other dialects are official in some provinces and republics, including Cantonese, Wu and Min nan (Hokkien, Taiwanese, Teochew, Hainanese etc.) The main script for writing is simplified Chinese, the rest of the dialects however are written in traditional. | |
| Daehanjeiguk | Chinese has been standardized and is officially called Haneo (韓語;한어); it is primarily used as Hanja (韓字) scripts, although in some regions the raw Chinese language is used in place of the Haneo language. | |
| Ethan Smith | There is no official language of the Great Land of Ethan Smith although the leader of the Great Land of Ethan Smith is very skilled in speaking Mandarin Chinese and also some Shanghainese (a.k.a. Wu Chinese). | |
| Firehelper | Is one of two official languages. It is also considered to be the first language of the citizens of the state of Firehelper. | |
| Geltar | ||
| Huo Xing | ||
| Liverpool England | Spoken by a minority near the southwestern border with Lower Biswald, not nationally recognised as a major language, similar to Rejistanian | |
| Macgruber | Chinese is one of the three official languages in Macgruber | |
 Namor
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Mandarin Chinese is one of the two recognized languages in Namor, the other being French. Chinese is also the official language of the Namorese FAR of Dongyang, which shares a border with mainland China. In 1958, the Dongyang Colonial Government adopted Pinyin as the official Chinese script within Dongyang, meaning that Pinyin became the official way to write Chinese in government documents as far as Dongyang was concerned. Namor Proper, however, continued to use the Simplified script until 2013, when the Central Council voted that Pinyin will become the official Chinese script in Namor and all of its FARs. All schools' Chinese classes and government institutions will have to utilise Pinyin effective May Day. | |
| Nuzhen | ||
| One Red Dot | Is one of four official languages. It is also considered to be the first language of the citizens of the state of Dorona. | |
 Phing Phong
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Recognised as a co-official regional language in some areas. | |
| Quintessence of Dust | The second most prevalent language after English, spoken by about 657,000 people as a first language, and up to 1.1 million in total. The speaking of Chinese language, and in particular its use in business, has been a focus of some nativist agitation by exclusionist or culturally conservationist groups. | |
| Rising Flame | ||
 Ruccola
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Chinese is one of three official languages, along with Italian and English. Both Cantonese and Mandarin are widely spoken throughout the country, although Cantonese has historically had a larger amount of speakers. | |
| Sarawakh | Chinese is spoken in the Presidencies of Malaya, Sarawakh, and Singapore, as well as in many other parts of the nation. | |
| Sendersdale | Chinese is the most widely spoken unofficial language in the country. Currently, 17% of the population claims it as it's native tongue and 42% of the population claims to be fluent in the language. Currently pro Chinese officials have been trying to make the language gain official status like English and French. | |
 Seunchang
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Became a colony of Kington Langley during the 1600s, even though the official language of the island is now English and the majority of it's inhabitants are taught to speak it, most inhabitants still traditionally speak Chinese (mainly Cantonese) as a secondary language. While an official policy of bilingualism has been around since the 1980s, the language of the colonial government remains English only. | |
| Shihuangdi | ||
| Snǿĵgẻrd | Chinese has no official status, but is spoken by one of the country's seven inhabitants. | |
| Southeast Asia | Chinese is one of the many national languages spoken widely in the Union of Southeast Asian Nations and widely understood by most Southeast Asians. | |
| Stoklomolvi | Mandarin Chinese is one of the three official languages in Stoklomolvi. | |
| The Babbage Islands | Mandarin is spoken by many Babbagians in and around Xianggang on the island of Gibson. | |
| The Federated Stars | Mandarin and Cantonese are spoken and that gives Chinese secondary language status. | |
| The Icy Angel | ||
| Tiberian Destiny | Due to territory once occupied by the Nod now being controlled by Tiberian Destiny, Chinese has become a major language in the nation, together with English, Russian, Arabic and Hebrew. | |
| United Island Empires | Unoffical but widely spoken in the colony of Hong Kong Is. | |
| United Federation of Jenlom | Minority language; about 50 million speak Chinese as their first language, 75 million as second language. | |
| Xiang Gang | ||
| Zzzier | Mandarin and Cantonese are spoken by a large segment of the Zzzierian population because much of the population is ethnically Chinese. |
