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In Singapore, it is officially known as Huayu ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 華語; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 华语; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Huáyǔ).

In Singapore, it is officially known as Huayu ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 華語; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 华语; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Huáyǔ).

Mandarin is the dialect which originated in [[Beijing]], China's capital for most of the last millennium, and has thus spread throughout the country as a ''lingua franca''. Since the beginning of the Communist regime in 1949, it has been enforced as the official spoken language in all schools and governmental offices.

Mandarin is the dialect which originated in [[Beijing]], China's capital for most of the last millennium, and has thus spread throughout the country as a ''[[lingua franca]]''. Since the beginning of the Communist regime in 1949, it has been enforced as the official spoken language in all schools and governmental offices.

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