Sam Sheppard. This article is about the exonerated physician. For the filmwriter and actor, see Sam Shepard. Samuel Holmes Sam Sheppard, D.O. ((1923-12-29)December 29, 1923 â April 6, 1970(1970-04-06)) was a Bay Village, Ohio neurosurgeon initially convicted for the 1954 murder of his wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard. The case was highly controversial from the beginning, with extensive and prolonged nationwide media coverage.
The official language of the China is Mandrian (also called Standard Chinese).
China has eight major dialect groups: Putonghua (Mandarin), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan and Hakka and many sub-dialects. The language spoken in Beijing is often referred to as Mandarin or Putonghua. Putonghua, which means common language is the country's predominant language and is widely used by more than 70 percent of the population. Putonghua is variously referred to as the Han language (hanyu), Mandarin, or simply Chinese.