普通话 (Mandarin Chinese) Linguistical data Return to language index

A language spoken natively by approximately 845 million to 875.39 million people. It belongs to the Chinese group of languages.

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Language map for Mandarin Chinese (普通话)

Other names

  • Beifang Fangyan,
  • Chinese, Mandarin,
  • Guanhua,
  • Guoyu,
  • Hanyu,
  • Hoton,
  • Huayu,
  • Hui,
  • Hui-Zu,
  • Hytad,
  • Kuoyu,
  • Mandarin Chinese,
  • Northern Chinese,
  • Putonghua,
  • Qotong,
  • Standard Chinese,
  • Xui,
  • 北方話,
  • 北方话,
  • 华语,
  • 国语,
  • 國語,
  • 官話,
  • 官话,
  • 普通話,
  • 華語,

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Mainly spoken in:

Asia

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