Guoyu
E57273
Guoyu is the official standardized form of the Chinese language used in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
official language standard
→
spoken language → standardized form of the Chinese language → |
| basedOnDialect | Beijing dialect of Mandarin → |
| grammarBasedOn | northern Mandarin dialects → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mandarin Chinese
→
Standard Chinese →
surface form: "Modern Standard Mandarin"
Mandarin Chinese →
surface form: "Putonghua"
Standard Chinese → |
| hasRomanizationSystem |
Hanyu Pinyin
→
Tongyong Pinyin → Wade–Giles → |
| historicalWritingDirection | top-to-bottom, right-to-left columns → |
| ISO639-1Code | zh → |
| ISO639-3Code | cmn → |
| isUNOfficialLanguage | true → |
| languageFamily |
Chinese language
→
surface form: "Sinitic languages"
|
| lexiconInfluencedBy |
Classical Chinese
→
various Mandarin dialects → |
| numberOfTonesInStandard | 4 lexical tones plus neutral tone → |
| officialStatusIn |
China
→
surface form: "People's Republic of China"
Republic of China →
surface form: "Republic of China (Taiwan)"
Singapore → United Nations → China →
surface form: "mainland China"
|
| phonologyBasedOn | Beijing pronunciation → |
| primaryRegion |
East Asia
→
Greater China → |
| primaryScript |
Simplified Chinese characters
→
Traditional Chinese characters → |
| regulatingBody |
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
→
surface form: "Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China"
National Language Commission of the PRC →
surface form: "National Language Commission of the People's Republic of China"
|
| spokenBy |
Han Chinese
→
ethnic minorities in China → |
| standardizationPeriod | 20th century → |
| subfamily | Mandarin → |
| typologicalFeature |
analytic language
→
tone language → |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Chinese-speaking communities → |
| usedAsMediumOfInstructionIn |
many overseas Chinese schools
→
schools in mainland China → |
| usedFor | interregional communication in China → |
| usedIn |
education
→
formal communication → government → media → |
| writingDirection | left-to-right → |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.