The Chinese language is a group of related, but distinct, languages and dialects. MANDARIN is the most widely spoken of these languages, with over 800 million native speakers. THAI is another Chinese language, spoken by around 20 million people in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. Cantonese is a dialect of Chinese spoken by around 70 million people in southern China and other parts of the world. Tonal is a term used to describe the use of tones in Chinese languages, which are used to differentiate words with the same pronunciation. Indo is a dialect of Chinese spoken by around 2 million people in Indonesia.