汉语 (Chinese) Linguistical data Return to language index
A language spoken natively by approximately 1213 million people.
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Where is it spoken?
Actually a group of languages, composed of:
- 普通话 (Mandarin Chinese)
845 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 吴语 (Wu Chinese)
77.2 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 粤语 (Cantonese Chinese)
55.5 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 闽南语 (Min Nan Chinese)
47.3 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 晋语 (Jinyu Chinese)
45 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 湘语 (Xiang Chinese)
36 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 客家话 (Hakka Chinese)
30 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 赣语 (Gan Chinese)
20.6 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 闽北 (Min Bei Chinese)
10.3 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 闽东语 (Min Dong Chinese)
9.1 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 徽语 (Huizhou Chinese)
4.6 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 闽中 (Min Zhong Chinese)
3.1 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia) - 莆仙话 (Pu-Xian Chinese)
2.5588 million native speakers. Mainly in China (Asia)
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