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 major languages are Mandarin, Yue, Wu, Minbei, Minnan, Xiang, Gan and the Hakka dialects. Mandarin is the official language of China, but some of the languages are more popular in certain areas or among certain demographics.