Chinese language

E57271

The Chinese language is a family of related Sinitic languages and dialects, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and others, spoken by over a billion people primarily in China and across Chinese-speaking communities worldwide.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Chinese language canonical 41
Sinitic languages 40
Sinitic 25

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinitic language
language family
macrolanguage
hasISOStandard ISO 639-1: zh
ISO 639-2: chi
linked to: ISO 639

ISO 639-2: zho
ISO 639-3: zho
hasMorphologicalFeature analytic
isolating
hasPart Cantonese
Gan Chinese
Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka

Huizhou Chinese
Jin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
Min Chinese
Pinghua
Wu Chinese
Xiang Chinese
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal
hasStandardVariety Standard Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese
hasSyntacticFeature subject–verb–object word order
historicalAncestor Middle Chinese
Old Chinese
languageFamily Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
numberOfSpeakers >1 billion
officialLanguageOf People's Republic of China
linked to: China

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

Singapore
United Nations
primaryScriptType logographic
region China
Chinese diaspora communities worldwide
Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Macau
Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan
subclassOf Sino-Tibetan languages
usedIn Chinese calligraphy
Chinese education
Chinese literature
Chinese media
usesRomanizationSystem Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–Giles
Yale romanization
writingSystem Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese characters

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (110)

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

Standard Chinese subclassOf Chinese language
Standard Chinese languageBranch Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Indonesian hasLoanwordsFrom Chinese
linked to: Chinese language
Sino-Tibetan languages hasSubfamily Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Sino-Tibetan languages includesLanguage Chinese language
Sinosphere coreInfluence Chinese language
International Bureau (Universal Postal Union) languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
subject linked to: International Bureau
linked to: Chinese language
Han Chinese languageFamily Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Hakka languageBranch Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Southwestern Mandarin languageBranch Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Xiang Chinese subclassOf Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Xiang Chinese languageBranch Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Chinese language languageFamily Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Beijing dialect subfamily Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Guoyu languageFamily Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Jianghuai Mandarin languageBranch Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Wu Chinese languageBranch Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Northern Mandarin languageBranch Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Ai usedIn Chinese language
Wu dialects subclassOf Chinese language
Wu dialects subclassOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Min Chinese subclassOf Chinese language
Min Chinese subclassOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Jiaoliao Mandarin subclassOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Loulan hasLanguageEvidence Chinese language
Taishanese subclassOf Chinese language
Taishanese languageBranch Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Yue Chinese subclassOf Chinese language
Yue Chinese languageBranch Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Classical Chinese subclassOf Chinese language
Classical Chinese subclassOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Central Plains Mandarin languageBranch Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Jilu Mandarin subclassOf Chinese language
Jilu Mandarin subclassOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Chamic languages hasInfluenceFrom Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Fumei languageOfUse Chinese language
Yue hasLanguageOfOrigin Chinese language
Hui people usesLanguage Chinese language
Hui people commonLanguageFamily Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Burmese diaspora usesLanguage Chinese language
Ganxian Hakka subgroupOf Chinese language
Ganxian Hakka subgroupOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Taiwanese Hakka subfamily Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Kejia subfamily Sinitic
linked to: Chinese language
Xinan Guanhua subclassOf Chinese language
Pinghua subclassOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Heyuan Hakka subgroupOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Western Jin dynasty languageFamily Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
Jiaoling Hakka subclassOf Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language