History of the Chinese Alphabet
The Chinese language is one of the world's oldest languages. About 95 percent of the people in China speak Chinese. Approximately 75 percent of the people of Singapore speak Chinese, and almost all of Hing Kong and Taiwan speak it.
Chinese is written the same way throughout China. However, the language consists of seven major dialect groups with some viriations within each group,[these dialects differ so greatly that a person who lives in one another area.]
The pronunciation of many words depends on the dialect being spoken. Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. This family includes Burmese, Thai, and Tibetan. So now you know about the history of the Chinese Alphabet!
Sources-World Encylepdia c-ch volume3 1997 edition& Chinese Alphabet on the web.
