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Mandarin ( simplified Chinese : 官话 ; traditional Chinese : 官話 ; pinyin : Guānhuà ; literally : "official speech" ) was the common spoken language of administration of the Chinese empire during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It arose as a practical measure, to circumvent the mutual unintelligibility of the varieties of Chinese spoken in different parts of China. Knowledge of this language was thus essential for an official career, but it was never formally defined. The language was based on northern dialects ,
By the late imperial period, local varieties of Chinese had diverged to the extent that people from different provinces could not understand one another. In order to facilitate communication between officials from different provinces, and between officials and the inhabitants of the areas to which they were posted, imperial administrations adopted a koiné based on various northern dialects. Until well into the 19th century, this language was based on dialects spoken in the area of Nanjing , the first Ming c
Mandarin is a neighborhood located in the southernmost portion of Jacksonville , in Duval County , Florida , United States . It is located on the eastern banks of the St. Johns River , across from Orange Park . Mandarin was named after the mandarin orange in 1830 by Calvin Reed, a prominent resident of the area .