2. Mandarin (Chinese) Learning Mandarin by memorizing Chinese characters will only get you so far. Like many spoken languages on this list, Mandarin is a tonal language that relies on unique ...

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The following blog post is by Kiril Bolotnikov, student at New York University Shanghai. Chinese is, as many know, a tonal language. There are four tones: one flat, one rising, one that falls and then ...

In addition to the language instructor, there are tutors available to assist students outside the classroom. Chinese does not have an alphabet but pinyin is the phonetic system that exists primarily ...