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 (11)

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 ⓘ
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 People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China

Singapore ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
primaryDialectRegion Northern China ⓘ
linked to: North China

Southwestern China ⓘ
linked to: Southwest China
primaryPhonologicalSystem tonal language ⓘ
primaryScriptInHongKongAndMacau Traditional Chinese characters ⓘ
linked to: Chinese characters
primaryScriptInMainlandChina Simplified Chinese characters ⓘ
primaryScriptInTaiwan Traditional Chinese characters ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
regulatingBody Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
National Language Commission of China ⓘ
romanizationSystem Hanyu Pinyin ⓘ
Wade–Giles ⓘ
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ⓘ
linked to: Zhuyin
spokenIn Indonesia ⓘ
Mainland China ⓘ
linked to: China

Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
standardVariety Guoyu ⓘ
Huayu ⓘ
Putonghua ⓘ
linked to: Mandarin Chinese

Standard Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Standard Chinese
subfamily Sinitic ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
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 (1,724)

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

Han Chinese → primaryLanguage → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Hakka → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Henan Province → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Southwestern Mandarin → subclassOf → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Shiyan → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Huangshi → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Yichang → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Xiangyang → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Xiangyang → majorLanguage → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Jingmen → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Xiaogan → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Jiang Zemin → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Lang Lang → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Hu Jintao → signatureLanguage → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Xi Jinping → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Teochew → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Jensen Huang → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Guangdong Province → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Yangtze River Delta → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Jingzhou → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Xianning → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Puxi → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Shaoshan → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Xiang Chinese → influencedBy → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Suizhou → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Hongkou District → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Joseph C. Tsai → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Jing’an District → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Yangpu District → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Eric Yuan → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Kinmen → officialLanguage → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Li Qiang → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Li Zongren → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Putuo District → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Binondo → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Chinatown, Manhattan → languageSpoken → Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Mandarin Chinese
Mark Obama Ndesandjo → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Jiading District → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Zhang Xueliang → languageSpoken → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Nauruan → hasLoanwordsFrom → Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Mandarin Chinese
Tianmen → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Chinese Malaysians → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Penang → commonLanguage → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Xiangtan → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Tianhe → languageUsed → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Indian Malaysians → language → Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Mandarin Chinese
Taierzhuang → language → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Chinese language → hasPart → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Beijing dialect → subgroup → Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Beijing dialect → formsBasisOf → Putonghua ⓘ
linked to: Mandarin Chinese