ISO 639-3 · cjycjy
Sino-Tibetan family
Jin
Jin is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in China. Wikidata counts 46.9 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “variety of Chinese spoken in northern China”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cjy- Glottocode
jiny1235- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 35 language editions
46.9 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Jin |
|---|---|
| Also called | Jinyu Chinese, Jin language, Jinyu, Jinyu language, Jinnish |
| L1 speakers | 46,900,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Chinese characters |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Jin
The branches above Jin, 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
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafevieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouszhaZhuangKra–Dai · 16 mCritically endangeredkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalmnpNorthern MinSino-Tibetan · 11 m5 · DevelopinguigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · Developing