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Languages of the country

China

Official language: Chinese. Regional: Uyghur, Zhuang, Mongolian, Tibetan, Korean. Population (CLDR): 1.4 billion.

Map of regions

Colours mark the regions where a language is official or predominant; stripes – several languages in one region. Hover over a language in the list to see its regions.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Chinese 中文 Official 90%
Uyghur ئۇيغۇرچە

Co-official in Xinjiang.

 Regional 0.6%
Zhuang Vahcuengh

Co-official in Guangxi.

 Regional 0.3%
Mongolian монгол

Co-official in Inner Mongolia.

 Regional 0.3%
Tibetan བོད་སྐད་

Co-official in the Tibet Autonomous Region; also used in Qinghai and Sichuan.

 Regional 0.2%
Korean 한국어

Co-official in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (Jilin province).

 Regional 0.2%
Wu Chinese 吴语 Minority 6%
Cantonese 粵語 Minority 5.2%
Xiang Chinese 湘语 Minority 2.9%
Hakka Chinese 客家話 Minority 2.3%
Min Nan Chinese 閩南語 Minority 1.9%
Gan Chinese 赣语 Minority 1.7%
Sichuan Yi ꆈꌠꉙ Minority 0.6%
Kazakh қазақ тілі Minority <0.1%
Kyrgyz кыргызча Minority <0.1%
Hmong Daw Minority <0.1%
English Minority <0.1%
Russian русский Minority <0.1%
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt Minority <0.1%
Uzbek o‘zbek Minority <0.1%

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