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ISO 639-3 · zhozho
Sino-Tibetan family · macrolanguage
Chinese
汉语
Chinese is a macrolanguage of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in China, Taiwan and Singapore. Wikidata counts about 1.30 bn speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language group of the Sinitic languages”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
zho- ISO 639-1
zh- Glottocode
sini1245- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Centre point
- 32.00, 108.00
- Wikipedia
- 265 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
3scripts
1levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Chinese · 汉语 |
|---|---|
| Also called | Chinese language, Chinese languages |
| All speakers | 1,299,877,520 |
| Written in | Chinese characters, traditional Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Chinese yet.
family tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Chinese
The branches above Chinese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in China
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