And yet, once the news went public, there was an odd twist. When the Yellow Rain dried, it became yellow dust. Some of that dust was pollen, but pollen that seemed to have been stripped of proteins. This revelation led scientists down an entirely different road. They knew some low-flying things that took pollen, digested it, stripping it of its proteins, and then let it drop.
Mandarin is part of the Chinese family of languages, which in turn is part of the Sino-Tibetan language group. All Chinese languages are tonal, which means that the way words are pronounced varies their meanings. Mandarin has âfour tones. Other Chinese languages have up to 10 distinct tones.
The Languages of China are the languages that are spoken by China's 56 recognized ethnic groups.anguage laws of China do not apply to either Hong Kong or Macau and hence have different official languages (Cantonese, English and Portuguese) than the mainland. For example, Tibetan has official status within the Tibet Autonomous Region and Mongolian has official status within Inner Mongolia.