The Mandarin Promotion Council (國語推行委員會, pinyin: Guóyǔ Tuīxíng Wěiyuánhuì) was established by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China with the purpose of standardizing and popularizing the usage of Guoyu in China. Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard... National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ... Guoyu (國語, Wade-Giles: Kuo-yü) can refer to: a classical history book of ancient China. ...

It was created as the Preparatory Commission for the Unification of the National Language (國語統一籌備會, Guóyǔ Tǒngyī Chóubèi Huì) by the Republic (then still based in Nanjing) on April 21, 1919. On December 12, 1928, the Commission was renamed to the Preparatory Committee for the Unification of the National Language (國語統一籌備委員會, Guóyǔ Tǒngyī Chóubèi Wěiyuánhuì), headed by Woo Tsin-hang and had 31 members. The Committee was revived in 1983 as the Mandarin Promotion Council based on Taiwan. Nanjing (Chinese: 南京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Nan-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Nanking), is the capital of Chinas Jiangsu Province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Woo Tsin-hang1 (吳敬恆 Pinyin: Wú Jìnghéng, Wade-Giles: Wu Ching-heng) (March 25, 1865 - October 30, 1953), born Wu Tiao (朓 Wú Tiǎo), having the courtesy name Chih-hui (稚暉 Zhìhuī), was a Chinese linguist and philosopher who was the chairman of the 1912–13 Commission on the Unification... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The decisions reached by the Council include:

• Changing the first- and second-grade textbook titles from Guowen (國文 "National Script") to Guoyu (國語 "National language"), on January 24, 1920
• Publishing the Guoyin Zidian (國音字典 "National Pronunciation Dictionary") edited by Woo Tsin-hang, on December 24, 1920. The Guoyin Zidian later became the Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典), a comprehensive on-line and CD-ROM Traditional Chinese Mandarin dictionary.

The Committee for National Language Romanization (羅馬字母拼音研究委員會) under the Council selects and modifies Romanizations. The choices were: Guoyu (國語, Wade-Giles: Kuo-yü) can refer to: a classical history book of ancient China. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Woo Tsin-hang1 (吳敬恆 Pinyin: Wú Jìnghéng, Wade-Giles: Wu Ching-heng) (March 25, 1865 - October 30, 1953), born Wu Tiao (朓 Wú Tiǎo), having the courtesy name Chih-hui (稚暉 Zhìhuī), was a Chinese linguist and philosopher who was the chairman of the 1912–13 Commission on the Unification... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... In linguistics, romanization or latinization is a system for representing a word or language with the Roman (Latin) alphabet, where the original word or language used a different writing system. ...

• Gwoyeu Romatzyh (1928)
• MPS II (1986)
• Tongyong Pinyin (2000)

Other projects include: Gwoyeu Romatzyh (國語羅馬字 Pinyin: Guóyǔ Luómǎzì), abbreviated GR, is a romanization (formerly used officially in the Republic of China) with complex spelling rules which allow for tonal distinctions (unlike most other Romanizations, which require additional diacritics or numerals). ... Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II (國語注音符號第二式), abbreviated MPS II, is a romanization system formerly used in the Republic of China (Taiwan). ... Tongyong Pinyin (Chinese: 通用拼音; Pinyin: ; literally Universal/General Usage Sound-combining) is the current official romanization of the Chinese language adopted by the national government (although not all local governments) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since late 2000, announced by the Mandarin Promotion Council of the Ministry of Education. ...

• Researching Mainland Chinese Mandarin usages
• Researching aboriginal Taiwanese languages, Hakka Chinese, and Taiwanese

In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ... A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... Hakka is one language in the family of languages known as Chinese. ... Taiwanese (Chinese: 台語, 台灣話 or 福佬話; Taiwanese Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-oân-oē or Hō-ló-oē; Hanyu Pinyin: Táiyǔ or Táiwānhuà) is the primary spoken language of 70% of the Taiwanese population. ...

See also

• List of language regulators
• Speak Mandarin Campaign (Singapore)

This is a list of bodies that regulate languages. ... The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC; Simplified Chinese: 讲华语运动) is an initiative to encourage Singapores ethnic Chinese population to speak Mandarin, the official language of China, commonly referred to as Putonghua in Chinese. ...

External links

• Official website (in Traditional)
• Guoyu Cidian