books.google.ca - This general introduction to the study of Chinese traces the language's history from its beginnings in the second millennium B.C. to the present, and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status. Chinese, in its numerous dialects, has more speakers than any other...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Chinese.html?id=wOPArZVCk-wC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareChinese
