[[File:MagicTranslator.jpg|right|thumb|340px|An ad for a magic translator's services in the ''[[Quibbler]]''.]]
[[File:MagicTranslator.jpg|right|thumb|340px|An ad for a magic translator's services in the ''[[Quibbler]]''.]]
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'''Chinese''' is a term used to refer to a group of languages which originated as the native tongues of the [[Wikipedia:Han Chinese|Han Chinese]] in [[China]], including [[Wikipedia:Mandarin_Chinese|Mandarin]], [[Wikipedia:Wu Chinese|Wu]], and [[Wikipedia:Yue Chinese|Cantonese]].<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language Chinese language]" on Wikipedia</ref>
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'''Chinese''' is a term used to refer to a group of languages which originated as the native tongues of the [[Wikipedia:Han Chinese|Han Chinese]] in [[China]], including [[Wikipedia:Mandarin_Chinese|Mandarin]], [[Wikipedia:Wu Chinese|Wu]], and [[Wikipedia:Yue Chinese|Cantonese]].<ref name="wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Chineselanguage|Chinese language]] on [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]</ref>
An advertisement for a magic translator's services that appeared in the classified section of an issue of the ''[[Quibbler]]'' listed several languages available for translation, including Chinese and [http://www.chineseinventions.org China Inventions] , "Eastern European" (presumably Russian or another language in the [[Wikipedia:Slavic languages|Slavic family]]), [[Japanese]], and the [[Latin languages]] (French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).<ref>''[[Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey]]'', p. 511 {{see image|File:MagicTranslator.jpg}}</ref>
An advertisement for a magic translator's services that appeared in the classified section of an issue of the ''[[Quibbler]]'' listed several languages available for translation, including Chinese and [http://www.chineseinventions.org China Inventions] , "Eastern European" (presumably Russian or another language in the [[Wikipedia:Slavic languages|Slavic family]]), [[Japanese]], and the [[Latin languages]] (French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).<ref>''[[Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey]]'', p. 511 {{see image|File:MagicTranslator.jpg}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*{{Wikilink|Chinese language}}
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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An ad for a magic translator's services in the Quibbler.
Chinese is a term used to refer to a group of languages which originated as the native tongues of the Han Chinese in China, including Mandarin, Wu, and Cantonese.[1]
An advertisement for a magic translator's services that appeared in the classified section of an issue of the Quibbler listed several languages available for translation, including Chinese and China Inventions , "Eastern European" (presumably Russian or another language in the Slavic family), Japanese, and the Latin languages (French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).[2]
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