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Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin (/ˈmændərɪn/ ⓘ MAN-dər-in) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are natively spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers, spread over a large geographical area that stretches from Yunnan in the southwest to Xinjiang in the northwest and Heilongjiang in the northeast. Its spread is generally attributed to the…

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Bopomofo
ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄚˋ · ㄅㄟˇㄈㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Early forms
Old Chinese Eastern Han Chinese Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin · Eastern Han Chinese Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin · Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin · Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin · Middle Mandarin
Glottolog
mand1415
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Guanhuah · Beeifanghuah
Hanyu Pinyin
Guānhuà · Běifānghuà
IPA
[kwán.xwâ] · [pèɪ.fáŋ.xwâ]

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Mandarin Chinese

Nodes250
Edges249
Triples144
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008
Components1

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Mandarin Chinese

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related to Standard Chinese · 32
Mandarin Chinese → After, Beijing, Cantonese, Chen Duxiu, China, Chinese, Chinese-speaking, Giles, Guóyǔ, Hong Kong, However, Hu Shih, In, Kuo²-yü³, Literary Chinese, Macau, Mandarin, National Language Unification Commission, Nationally, New Culture Movement
related to Name · 30
Mandarin Chinese → Beijing, China, Chinese, English, Guóyǔ, Guānhuà, Huaxia, Huáyǔ, In, It, Malay, Malaysia, Mandarin, Ming, People's Republic, Portuguese, PRC, Pǔtōnghuà, Qing, Republic
Varieties · 11
Mandarin Chinese → Beijing, Central Plains, Jianghuai, Jiao–Liao, Ji–Lu, Lan–Yin, Malaysian, Northeastern, Singaporean, Southwestern, Taiwanese
Writing system · 9
Mandarin Chinese → Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional), Dungan (Cyrillic), Gwoyeu Romatzyh, Mainland Chinese Braille, Pinyin (Latin), Taiwanese Braille, Two-Cell Chinese Braille, Xiao'erjing (Arabic), Zhuyin
Early forms · 5
Mandarin Chinese → Eastern Han Chinese Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin, Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin, Middle Mandarin, Old Chinese Eastern Han Chinese Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin, Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin
Language family · 3
Mandarin Chinese → ChineseMandarin, Mandarin, SiniticChineseMandarin
Bopomofo · 2
Mandarin Chinese → ㄅㄟˇㄈㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh · 2
Mandarin Chinese → Beeifanghuah, Guanhuah
Hanyu Pinyin · 2
Mandarin Chinese → Běifānghuà, Guānhuà
IPA · 2
Mandarin Chinese → [kwán.xwâ], [pèɪ.fáŋ.xwâ]

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mandarin chinese dialects language beijing standard china varieties dialect southwestern spoken northern tone tones many also middle languages used speakers

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Mandarin ChineseBopomofoㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄚˋ1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseBopomofoㄅㄟˇㄈㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseEarly formsOld Chinese Eastern Han Chinese Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseEarly formsEastern Han Chinese Middle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseEarly formsMiddle Chinese Old Mandarin Middle Mandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseEarly formsOld Mandarin Middle Mandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseEarly formsMiddle Mandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseGlottologmand14151.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseGwoyeu RomatzyhGuanhuah1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseGwoyeu RomatzyhBeeifanghuah1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseHanyu PinyinGuānhuà1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseHanyu PinyinBěifānghuà1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseIPA[kwán.xwâ]1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseIPA[pèɪ.fáŋ.xwâ]1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseISO 639-3cmn1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseLanguage familySiniticChineseMandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseLanguage familyChineseMandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseLanguage familyMandarin1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseLinguasphere79-AAA-b1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseLiteral meaningOfficials' speech1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseLiteral meaningNorthern speech1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseNative toChina1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseRegionNorth China, Central China, Southwestern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseSigned formsChinese Sign Language Taiwanese Sign Language1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseSimplified Chinese官话1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseSimplified Chinese北方话1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseSpeakersL1: 990 million (2022) L2: 194 million (no date) Total: 1.184 billion (2022)1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseStandard formsStandard Mandarin (Putonghua, Guoyu)1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseTongyong PinyinGuan-huà1.00infobox
Mandarin ChineseTongyong PinyinBěi-fang-huà1.00infobox

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