I am Chinese American, but I was raised speaking a language that is unintelligible even to most Mandarin speakers: Shanghainese. As a kid, I learned the nuances of the dialect, from native ...

Ethnic Mongolians staged protests in northern China this week over Beijing’s new policy to gradually replace their native language with Mandarin in several school subjects. The policy will affect ...

Mandarin Chinese is a famously difficult language for native English speakers to learn as adults. As with any language, experts say it's best if you start young. In small pockets across South Carolina ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Most of us only know ...

Researchers are seeking individuals who started speaking English and Mandarin regularly during childhood to help create audio recordings of stories in both languages. The recordings will take ...

Duolingo, the immensely popular app for people looking to begin learning a new language, released a Mandarin module this week. The app has been around since 2011 and offers courses in dozens of ...