1.3 Billion people speak Mandarin Chinese around the world. It is the lingua franca of China as it is the language taught in schools. It was originally spoken by the mandarins in court and was called 'the speech of the officials'.
Pinyin is the written form of Mandarin and uses the Latin alphabet. This was originally created by the Soviet Union for Chinese immigrants and then the Chinese changed this slightly and started using it.
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