Mandarin Chinese

E181408

Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken variety of Chinese and a major world language used across mainland China, Taiwan, and many overseas Chinese communities.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Mandarin Chinese canonical 682
Mandarin 21
Putonghua 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinitic language
macrolanguage
variety of Chinese
hasCaseInflection no
hasGrammaticalGender no
hasPluralInflection limited
historicalOrigin Northern Chinese dialects
influenced various East and Southeast Asian languages
influencedBy Classical Chinese
ISO639-1Code zh
ISO639-3Code cmn
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
surface form: Sino-Tibetan
lexifierFor Chinese Pidgin English
mostWidelySpokenVarietyOf Chinese
numberOfSpeakers over 1 billion total speakers
over 900 million native speakers
numberOfTones four lexical tones plus a neutral tone
officialLanguageOf China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Republic of China
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)

Singapore
United Nations
primaryDialectRegion North China
surface form: Northern China

Southwest China
surface form: Southwestern China
primaryPhonologicalSystem tonal language
primaryScriptInHongKongAndMacau Chinese characters
surface form: Traditional Chinese characters
primaryScriptInMainlandChina Simplified Chinese characters
primaryScriptInTaiwan Traditional Chinese characters
primaryWordOrder SVO
regulatingBody Ministry of Education of the ROC
surface form: Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

National Language Commission of the PRC
surface form: National Language Commission of China
romanizationSystem Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–Giles
Zhuyin
surface form: Zhuyin (Bopomofo)
spokenIn Indonesia
China
surface form: Mainland China

Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

overseas Chinese communities
standardVariety Guoyu
Huayu
Mandarin Chinese self-linksurface differs
surface form: Putonghua

Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
subfamily Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic
UNLanguageStatus one of six official UN languages
usesClassifiers yes
writingSystem Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese characters

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (713)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liuyang hasStandardLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Jiaoling Hakka differsFrom Mandarin Chinese
Dalian language Mandarin Chinese
Simplified Chinese writingSystemOf Mandarin Chinese
Shapingba District languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Nan’an District hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Hongya Cave primaryLanguageEnvironment Mandarin Chinese
Chifeng languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Baoshan language Mandarin Chinese
Tongliao languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Hani speaks Mandarin Chinese
Pu'er language Mandarin Chinese
Hsinchu, Taiwan officialLanguage Mandarin Chinese
subject surface form: Hsinchu
Morris Chang languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Ordos hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Daye City languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Jiading Campus usesLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Pingdingshan languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Hulunbuir languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Bayannur languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Ke Jie languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Guang’an, Sichuan, China language Mandarin Chinese
subject surface form: Guang’an
Ankang language Mandarin Chinese
Yuxi language Mandarin Chinese
Yen Chia-kan languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Ulanqab languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Liu Yongqing languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Yubei District languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Peng Liyuan languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Qi Xin languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Duan Qirui languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Xiàogǎn language Mandarin Chinese
subject surface form: Xiaogan
Anlu languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Dadukou District hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Panyu District language Mandarin Chinese
Beibei District languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Southern Min notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Mandarin Chinese
Chiuchow notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Mandarin Chinese
Klang commonLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Wenshan language Mandarin Chinese
Zhuo Lin languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Waigaoqiao hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Shikumen languageOfName Mandarin Chinese
Cao Kun languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Jibei Island hasLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Xinxiang languageMajority Mandarin Chinese
Jinqiao languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Wuzhen languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Dali languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Xiaochang languageUsed Mandarin Chinese