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ISO 639-3 · cmncmn
Sino-Tibetan family
Standard Chinese
現代標準漢語
Standard Chinese is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in Singapore, China, Brunei and Taiwan and 3 more countries. Wikidata counts about 897.1 m speakers (2013). Wikidata describes it as “standard form of the Chinese language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
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- Sino-Tibetan
- Wikipedia
- 67 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
7countries
4scripts
1levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Standard Chinese · 現代標準漢語 |
|---|---|
| Also called | Putonghua, Guoyu, Huayu, Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin |
| All speakers | 897,071,810 (2013) |
| Written in | Chinese characters, Standard Chinese Braille, Taiwanese Braille, Two-Cell Chinese Braille |
| Official in | Singapore |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Standard Chinese yet.
family tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Standard Chinese
The branches above Standard Chinese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Singapore
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