Standard Chinese
standard form of the Chinese language
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Summary
Standard Chinese is a standard language[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of standard language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,442 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: People's Republic of China[3], Brunei[4], Taiwan[5], Indonesia[6], Malaysia[7], Philippines[8], Singapore[9]
- Instance of: technical standard[10], language[11], modern language[12], pluricentric language[13]
- Subclass of: Beijing Mandarin[14], Chinese[15]
- Writing system: Chinese characters[16], Standard Chinese Braille[17], Taiwanese Braille[18], Two-Cell Chinese Braille[19]
- Has part(s): Standard Mandarin tones[20], Putonghua[21], Standard Taiwanese Mandarin[22], Singaporean Mandarin[23], Malaysian Mandarin[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Standard Chinese[25]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 897,071,810[26], 193,880,000[27]
- Replaces: Historical Chinese[28]
- Has characteristic: Standard Mandarin tones[29]
- Native label: 現代標準漢語[30], 普通话[31], 普通話[32], 國語[33], 国语[34], 華語[35], 华语[36]
- Different from: Mandarin[37], Putonghua[38], Huáyǔ[39]
- History of topic: history of Standard Chinese[40]
- Indigenous to: Han Chinese people[41], Guangxi[42], Guizhou[43], Hubei[44], Hong Kong[45], Hunan[46], Jiangsu[47], Jiangxi[48], Macau[49], Sichuan[50], Yunnan[51]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CMN[52], http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ZHO[53]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q114451634[54]
- Linguistic typology: isolating language[55]
- Characteristic of: Chinese[56], Beijing Mandarin[57]
Why It Matters
Standard Chinese has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 123 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]