| Language Chinese (Mandarin) / Chinese (Cantonese) | Locality Vashi |
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the world s population, or over one billion people, speak some variety of Chinese as their native language.