Mandarin Chinese language
Mandarin Chinese (ISO 639-3 code cmn) is a language of the Sino-Tibetan family spoken in 8 countries. It has about 1,100,000,000 speakers.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | cmn |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | mand1415 |
| Family | Sino-Tibetan |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | China, North Korea, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, Vietnam |
| Speakers (estimate) | 1,100,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Sino-Tibetan languages, nearest first.
- Burmese34,000,000 speakers
- Tibetan6,000,000 speakers
- Xishanba Lalo300,000 speakers
- Kaduo200,000 speakers
- Dzongkha170,000 speakers
- Choni154,000 speakers
- Ladakhi150,000 speakers
- Falam Chin107,300 speakers
- Adi100,190 speakers
- Tedim Chin100,000 speakers
- Konyak Naga70,000 speakers
- Northern Tujia65,000 speakers
More about Mandarin Chinese
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.