Did ancient people speak Mandarin? Did the ancient people speak Mandarin?

Mandarin is finally based on the Beijing dialect evolved, the ancient people as now, all speak the local dialect, such as the Song Dynasty in the feudal capital, at that time the emperor may have spoken the Henan dialect, not like the TV is Mandarin, a few years ago about the *** movie, his old man said not all Sichuan? In recent years, the TV movie has been changed to Mandarin.

Yes Ancient people could speak Mandarin! For example, Xia Yan of the Ming Dynasty, although he is a southerner, he can speak fluent Mandarin! This is a very important reason why Emperor Jiajing likes him more!

Putonghua was developed on the basis of Beijing dialect, and after becoming the common language of the nation, it rose to a higher level. Putonghua is defined as "the standard pronunciation of Beijing pronunciation, the basic dialect of northern dialect, and the grammatical norms of exemplary modern vernacular writings". It is generally believed that this definition regulates Putonghua from three aspects: phonetics, vocabulary and grammar.

Putonghua "Beijing pronunciation as the standard sound" refers to the Beijing pronunciation system as the standard sound, that is, the initials, finals, and tone system of Beijing dialect, but does not include the local pronunciation of Beijing dialect; At the same time, the Mandarin vocabulary does not include some local dialects in Beijing dialect.

Mandarin is a modern creation. Ancient times certainly do not say. But there is "official talk".

According to Gao Benhan's research, the spoken language of the Chinese in the Tang period was close to today's Hokkien dialect (Taiwanese), and the spoken language in the Song period was close to today's Cantonese. The Mandarin we use today was gradually formed after the Ming Dynasty.

It's Hunan dialect, not Sichuan, how can Hunan people speak Sichuan.

The ancient people did not speak Mandarin, different dynasties had different official dialects, and the word Mandarin only appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. In ancient China, each dynasty had an official dialect, the official dialect is generally a local dialect, the Shang Dynasty held the Central Plains Yayin, the Yuan Dynasty with the majority of the pronunciation as the standard, the Ming Dynasty Nanjing official dialect was admired, in 1901 the Beiping phonetics were positioned as the Chinese.

Ancient people did not speak Mandarin

The word Mandarin did not appear in ancient times, the word only appeared in the late Qing Dynasty. Before the end of the Qing Dynasty, different dynasties in ancient China had different official dialects, and the capital dialect was generally used as the official language. For example, in the Yuan Dynasty, the capital was set in Dagao, with the pronunciation of Dadu as the standard, and in the Ming Dynasty, the capital was Nanjing, with Nanjing official dialect as the official language.

Mandarin appeared at the end of the Qing Dynasty

During the Qing Dynasty, the capital was set in Beijing, and in the early stage, Nanjing official dialect was still the mainstream, until the Yongzheng period, the Beiping pronunciation was established as the Chinese pronunciation, and the status of the Beiping pronunciation began to slow down. In 1909, the Qing ** named the Beiping pronunciation as Chinese, changed to Mandarin in 1949, and promoted it nationwide in 1955.

Promote the significance of Mandarin

Putonghua is a common language with Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, northern official dialect as the basic dialect, and modern vernacular writings as the grammatical norms. The promotion of Mandarin is not to eliminate dialects, but to eliminate the barriers between people, so that communication can be smoother, which is conducive to the unity of the whole country.