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varieties of Chinese

the linguistic variations of Chinese spoken in different localities, often mutually unintelligible
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Summary

varieties of Chinese ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,337 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Chinese[2], dialect[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Varieties of Chinese[4]
  • Topic has template: Q20690634[5]
  • Has list: list of varieties of Chinese[6]
  • P14541: 3AI3bq[7]

Why It Matters

varieties of Chinese has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Chinese literature

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4h ago · 魔琴 · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 19
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hak', 'id', 'ka', 'ko', 'ms',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||zh, zh-hans, zh-hant */ Tidy up names in Chinese"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3AI3bq
    Aliases → —
    Has list → list of varieties of Chinese
    Topic has template → Q20690634
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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