If you have heard about the features of the Chinese, you have heard that the Chinese have such different dialects that are discussed if they are different dialects or languages, or something. Well I have to tell you this: Chinese is a language subfamily, and is made up of different languages. So there are several Chinese languages , not just one. Chinese languages can also be called Sinitic languages and belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family. What is certain is that it is said that Chinese is only one language, and its varieties are dialects, but that's because it was so before, but now have changed both varieties that are distinctly separate languages. The most Chinese spoken language, the common language for all Chinese, and I'm studying is Mandarin . All other languages like Wu, Catonese or Hakka are spoken to a lesser extent and regionally. Then each Chinese language has dialects, which are often called subdialects , and they are so different that some of the...