Mandarin Chinese

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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.

Tieshan District language Mandarin Chinese
Hanzhong language Mandarin Chinese
Chow Yun-fat languageOfWorkOrName Mandarin Chinese
Shangluo languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Sanya languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Qionghai languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Wuzhizhou Island languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Nanjing West Road languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Ningxiang languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese standardVariety Mandarin Chinese self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Putonghua
Chinese opera notableDialect Mandarin Chinese
this entity surface form: Mandarin
Banan District languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Longchuan Hakka sharesFeatureWith Mandarin Chinese
Hechuan District language Mandarin Chinese
Dongguan language Mandarin Chinese
Chaoshan dialect influencedBy Mandarin Chinese
Chaoshan Min notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Mandarin Chinese
Skudai languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
New Xiang influencedBy Mandarin Chinese
Pingshan, Hebei languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
subject surface form: Pingshan County, Hebei
Xuchang language Mandarin Chinese
Weinan languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Yulin language Mandarin Chinese
Hoklo language lessCloselyRelatedTo Mandarin Chinese
Tongshan County language Mandarin Chinese
Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) Island languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
subject surface form: Lesser Kinmen
Zhujiajiao water town language Mandarin Chinese
Zhujiajiao language Mandarin Chinese
Yalong Bay language Mandarin Chinese
Xining language Mandarin Chinese
Lee Hsien Loong languageSpoken Mandarin Chinese
Jinhu Township hasOfficialLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Chengqiao languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Kent Ridge languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Jinsha Township hasOfficialLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Jinning Township languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Ruijin language Mandarin Chinese
Zaozhuang City languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Wanning language Mandarin Chinese
Dongdan languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
Chinese Filipinos language Mandarin Chinese
Shiyan City language Mandarin Chinese
Dongbao District language Mandarin Chinese
Chinese Canadians language Mandarin Chinese
this entity surface form: Mandarin
Chinese Freemasons hasPrimaryLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Government of Singapore officialLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Wuqiu Township hasOfficialLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Domee Shi languageOfWorkOrName Mandarin Chinese