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Proto-Mandarin is an ancient language based on an older form of Mandarin before it was Mandarin. This was the very early form of the most spoken Chinese dialect.
| Chinese: spoken varieties | |
| Subdivisions: | Mandarin | Jin | Wu | Hui | Xiang | Gan | Hakka | Yue | Pinghua | Min |
| Dungan | Danzhouhua | Shaozhou Tuhua | Min: | Min Dong | Min Bei | Min Zhong | Pu Xian | Min Nan | Qiong Wen | many. |
| Official spoken varieties: | Putonghua (PRC) | Guoyu (ROC) | Cantonese (Hong Kong & Macau) |
| Historical phonology: | Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Proto-Min | Proto-Mandarin | Haner |
| Chinese: written varieties | |
| Official written varieties: | Classical Chinese | Vernacular Chinese |
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