Mandarin ABC

Putonghua (Mandarin) is the official spoken language in the China. Although dialects are still common in different Locations in China, most Chinese can speak in Putonghua and hence learning Putonghua can give you an advantage of communicate most of the people in China. In addition, among the different dialects common in China, Putonghua pronunciation is more easily to learn(unlike Cantonese which is quite difficult for foreigners).