Chinese
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The Chinese languages (also referred to as “Chinese”) do not constitute a single language but rather a language family. The best-known and most widely spoken languages in this family are Cantonese and Mandarin.
Mandarin is the language spoken as a native tongue by the largest number of people: about 898 million native speakers (and around 40 million learners as a foreign language). It serves as the basis for Standard Chinese, which is an official language not only in China but also in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Macau.
Registration Deadline
The registration deadline in heiCO ended on April 10, 2026. You can still register by emailing sprachkurs-anmeldung@zsl.uni-heidelberg.de.
Please include in your email the language, the level, and—if applicable—the group you would like to register for.
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