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Also known as Chinese language, Chinese languages

language group of the Sinitic languages

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Chinese, also known as 汉语, 漢語, or 中文, is a macrolanguage and language group within the Sino-Tibetan and Sinitic families. It is spoken in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. The language exhibits a subject–verb–object linguistic typology and is classified as an isolating and analytic language. It is studied by sinology and has the Wikimedia language code zh.

The writing system uses Chinese characters, including traditional and simplified forms. Chinese has various varieties, such as Min, Yue, Hakka, and Wu Chinese. It is referenced by 43,824 other encyclopedia articles and appears on focus lists for Wikipedia articles. The language is associated with the category for Chinese-language films and has a Stack Exchange site. Its native label is 汉语, 漢語, or 中文, and it has an entry in abbreviations tables as кит.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: language family
Subclass of: Sinitic
Has part: Shaozhou Tuhua
Country: Singapore
Image: Chineselanguage.svg
Said to be same as: Sinitic

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writing system: Chinese characters
Commons category: Chinese languages
topic's main category: Category:Chinese language
native label: 中文
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1299877520
Wikimedia language code: zh
studied by: sinology
linguistic typology: analytic language
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
category for films in this language: Category:Chinese-language films
has characteristic: varieties of Chinese
P10369: Friday
Stack Exchange site URL: chinese.stackexchange.com
P11012: Extrema
entry in abbreviations table: кит.
short name: кітайская
different from: Sinitic
P13311: Vilaller
Stack Exchange tag: tex.stackexchange.com/tags/chinese
female form of label: la langue chinoise
NCI Thesaurus ID: C120588

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Encyclopedic overview

Alternative Chinese name Chinese中文 Literal meaningChinese writing

Second alternative Chinese name Simplified Chinese汉文 Traditional Chinese漢文 Literal meaningHan writing

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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