Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
Definition
- The Chinese language (/ Hànyǔ; / Huáyǔ; Zhōngwén) is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the world’s population, or over one billion people, speaks some variety of Chinese as their native language. Internal divisions of Chinese are usually perceived by their native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language, rather than separate languages, although this identification is considered inappropriate by some linguists and Sinologists.
Entry terms
- Chinese language
- Chinese languages
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- chi
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- zho
ISO 639-1 code
- zh
ISO 639-3 code
- zho
In other languages
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Sjinees
Afrikaans
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Gjuha kineze
Albanian
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ቻይንኛ
Amharic
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لغة صينية
Arabic
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Idioma chinés
Aragonese
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Չինարեն
Armenian
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Çin dili
Azerbaijani
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চীনা ভাষা
Bangla
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Txinera
Basque
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Kinäsische Språchn
Bavarian
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Кітайская мова
Belarusian
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Кітайская мова
Belarusian (TARASK)
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Kineski jezik
Bosnian
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Yezhoù sinaek
Breton
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Китайски език
Bulgarian
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中文
Cantonese
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Xinès
Catalan
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Inintsik
Cebuano
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Kitayhoyn mott
Chechen
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汉语
Chinese
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Китай чĕлхи
Chuvash
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Chinek
Cornish
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Çin tili
Crimean Turkish
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Kineski jezik
Croatian
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Čínština
Czech
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Kinesisk
Danish
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ސީނީ
Divehi
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Chinese talen
Dutch
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لغه صينى
Egyptian Arabic
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Ĉina lingvaro
Esperanto
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Hiina keel
Estonian
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Luenga china
Extremaduran
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Kinesiskt mál
Faroese
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Chinese bhasa
Fiji Hindi
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Finnish
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chinois
French
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Langues chinoises
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Lingua chinesa
Galician
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漢語
Gan Chinese
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ჩინური ენა
Georgian
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Chinesische Sprachen
German
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Κινεζική γλώσσα
Greek
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Chinañe'ẽ
Guarani
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ચાઇનીઝ ભાષા
Gujarati
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Hon-ngî
Hakka Chinese
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‘Ōlelo Pākē
Hawaiian
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שפות סיניות
Hebrew
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चीनी भाषा
Hindi
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Kínai nyelv
Hungarian
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Kínverska
Icelandic
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Chiniana linguo
Ido
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Pagsasao nga Intsik
Iloko
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Rumpun bahasa Tionghoa
Indonesian
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An tSínis
Irish
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Lingua cinese
Italian
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中国語
Japanese
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Basa Cina
Javanese
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Хъутеибзэ
Kabardian
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Kineserisut
Kalaallisut
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Китдин келн
Kalmyk
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ಚೀನಿ ಭಾಷೆ
Kannada
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Қытай тілі
Kazakh
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ភាសាចិន
Khmer
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Kitsunkwo
Kongo
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중국어
Korean
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ພາສາຈີນ
Lao
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Lingua Sinica
Latin
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Ķīniešu valoda
Latvian
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Lengua cineise
Ligurian
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Chinees
Limburgish
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L:漢語
Literary Chinese
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Kinų kalba
Lithuanian
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jugbau
Lojban
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Chinšćina
Lower Sorbian
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Chineesche Spraak
Low German
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Кинески јазик
Macedonian
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Fiteny sinoa
Malagasy
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Bahasa Cina
Malay
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ചൈനീസ് ഭാഷ
Malayalam
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Çhengaghyn Sheenagh
Manx
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चिनी भाषा
Marathi
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Hàn-gí
Min Nan Chinese
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Хятад хэл
Mongolian
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Kinesisk
Norwegian
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Kinesisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Chinés
Occitan
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زبانهای چینی
Persian
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Język chiński
Polish
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Língua chinesa
Portuguese
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ਚੀਨੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
Punjabi
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Chun simi
Quechua
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Limba chineză
Romanian
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Китайский язык
Russian
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Кітайскый язык
Rusyn
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Кытай тыла
Sakha
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चीनी भाषा
Sanskrit
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Han-Chinesiske Sproaken
Saterland Frisian
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Cheenese leid
Scots
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Sìonais
Scottish Gaelic
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Кинески језик
Serbian
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Kineski jezik
Serbo-Croatian
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Čínština
Slovak
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Kitajščina
Slovenian
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Se-china
Southern Sotho
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Idioma chino
Spanish
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Kichina
Swahili
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Swedish
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Wikang Tsino
Tagalog
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Reo Tinitō
Tahitian
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Забони чинӣ
Tajik
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சீன மொழி
Tamil
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Кытай теле
Tatar
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చైనీస్ భాష
Telugu
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ภาษาจีน
Thai
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རྒྱ་སྐད།
Tibetan
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Çince
Turkish
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Hytaý dili
Turkmen
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Chinese
Twi
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Китайська мова
Ukrainian
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Chinšćina
Upper Sorbian
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چینی زبان
Urdu
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خەنزۇ تىلى
Uyghur
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Xitoy tili
Uzbek
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Tiếng Trung Quốc
Vietnamese
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Hiina kiil
Võro
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Chinwès
Walloon
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Tsino
Waray
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Tsieinëeg
Welsh
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Sineesk
Western Frisian
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汉语
Wu Chinese
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כינעזיש
Yiddish
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Èdè Ṣáínà
Yoruba
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Vahgun
Zhuang