Chinese is a family of closely-related but mutually unintelligible languages.

汉语是一个彼此密切相关的大家族，但各语言之间又很难理解。

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All these languages are mutually unintelligible, but dialects within the same language may be intelligible to a degree.

这些语言互不相通，同一语言的各种方言则能相通。

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Today, there are literally thousands of different languages (defined as mutually unintelligible tongues) around the world, though many are related to one another.

今天，全世界真是有好几千种不同的语言（此处指的是彼此无法相通的语言），虽然其中语言彼此都有所关联。

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Today, there are literally thousands of different languages (defined as mutually unintelligible tongues) around the world, though many are related to one another.

今天，全世界真是有好几千种不同的语言（此处指的是彼此无法相通的语言），虽然其中语言彼此都有所关联。

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