汉语 (Chinese) Linguistical data Return to language index

Actually a group of languages, composed of:

• 普通话 (Mandarin Chinese)
  845000000 million native speakers.
• 吴语 (Wu Chinese)
  77199997 million native speakers.
• 粤语 (Cantonese Chinese)
  55500000 million native speakers.
• 闽南语 (Min Nan Chinese)
  47299999 million native speakers.
• 晋语 (Jinyu Chinese)
  45000000 million native speakers.
• 湘语 (Xiang Chinese)
  36000000 million native speakers.
• 客家话 (Hakka Chinese)
  30000000 million native speakers.
• 赣语 (Gan Chinese)
  20600000 million native speakers.
• 闽北 (Min Bei Chinese)
  10300000 million native speakers.
• 闽东语 (Min Dong Chinese)
  9100000 million native speakers.
• 徽语 (Huizhou Chinese)
  4600000 million native speakers.
• 闽中 (Min Zhong Chinese)
  3100000 million native speakers.
• 莆仙话 (Pu-Xian Chinese)
  2558800 million native speakers.

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