There are three spoken types of Chinese when the complete language is examined. Mandarin, Wu, and Yue, to be specific.
Mandarin is the most widely spoken language among these. Furthermore, classic Chinese, often known as classic Mandarin, is drawn straight from the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, which was adopted in the 1930s. Furthermore, this language is spoken by about 1.3 billion people worldwide, accounting for nearly 16% of the world’s population.
Let’s now see how important the Mandarin language really is.
There are many different languages in the world.
Each of these languages tends to have many different benefits and advantages any individual can avail simply by either achieving proficiency in the language or through achieving a decent level of fluency in their language. Furthermore, certain languages tend to be more beneficial in certain regions, nations or industries when compared to other languages. For example, French would be extremely useful in Europe while English would be more useful in the US. On the other hand, Mandarin is extremely useful in China as opposed to Korean which is specifically useful in north or south Korea. Hence, it becomes essential for any individual who aims to achieve proficiency in the target language, to explore all the different benefits that their target language has to offer so as to make the right choice. Therefore, in this blog we will discuss the importance of learning Mandarin.
The biggest advantage of learning Chinese is that you will be able to communicate with approximately 1.3 billion Mandarin speakers worldwide, accounting for over 16% of the global population.
The second main advantage of learning the language is that “it is exceedingly difficult to master”. I get how that sounds, but please bear with me. The fact that it’s so difficult will actually help you obtain a competitive advantage over your peers. This is due to the fact that learning Mandarin takes a lot of time and effort. This would be recognised by the employer just because of your Mandarin skills.
Furthermore, in recent years, the Chinese market has made a significant contribution to global economic growth.
This has considerably enhanced the world’s import and export commerce, resulting in a plethora of new employment possibilities and openings for people all over the world
Throughout this blog, we have discussed all the different reasons why Mandarin is considered to be one of the most important languages in the world.
In order to avail of the aforementioned benefits, an individual simply needs to learn Mandarin. There is absolutely no doubt that these benefits are bound to help any individual expand their career opportunities in the future or maybe help achieve more job prospects or maybe even enjoy higher education abroad. With that said, at the end of the day, the individual still has to achieve proficiency or at least a decent level of fluency in Mandarin to be able to enjoy the said benefits.