汉语 (Chinese) Linguistical data Return to language index
A language spoken natively by approximately 1213 million people.
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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