Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China. Mandarin is spoken by over 720 million people in China, that is, 70 percent of the population. There are also many Mandarin speakers in other countries, for example, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. The total number of speakers in the world is probably around a billion so more people in the world speak Mandarin than any other language.
The grammar of Mandarin is not complicated. Compared to other languages, word structure is also simple. But the writing system is more complex and has little relation to the spoken language. It is based on written symbols or characters and is over two thousand years old.
Today more and more people around the world are learning Mandarin. Perhaps in the future Mandarin will become the language of international communication. So start learning now!