What languages are spoken in the People's Republic of China?

Answer 1

"Chinese" is not just one language; it is really a family of many dialects, some of which are so different from one another that they could possibly be considered different languages. Speakers of one dialect often can't understand speakers of other dialects. However, the Chinese languages been written in a uniform way (Chinese characters) for thousands of years.

Some of the dialects in the Chinese language family include Mandarin (Putonghua) spoken mostly in the North, Cantonese spoken mostly in Guangdong, Shanghainese (Wu), Hakka, Minbei, and Minnan. There are also numerous ethnic groups in China who speak their own languages, separate from Chinese, such as Zhuang, Manchu, Miao and Uyghur. Mandarin is the official language of the People's Republic of China, and most young people in the PRC can speak Mandarin in addition to their native dialect/language.

Nationally people speak mandarin Chinese, or putonghua, with most local dialects varying slightly from the standard Chinese, but Cantonese, a dialect popular in Guangdong province and among many overseas Chinese, differs largely from the mandarin in pronunciation (not so in writing).

The official languages of China are Standard Chinese (Mainland), Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Portuguese, Uyghur, Tibetan, Mongolian and Zhuang. Apart from these there are many different indigenous languages, dialects and minority languages spoken in the country, bringing the total number of living languages in China to around 292 different languages.

There are many forms of the Chinese language spoken in China but the two main dialects are Mandarin and Cantonese. Mandarin is the most widely spoken language while Cantonese is spoken mostly in the South and in Hong Kong

Answer

The National Language is Han Yu meaning the language of the Han people, or pu tong hua. Either way they both mean Mandarin. Mandarin is supposed to be the national language but there are more than 200 languages in China. Cantonese the most known next to Mandarin. But they're united by the writing system which is the same even if the spoken word is different.

There is no one official language. It is either Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese

Chinese

Answer:

There is no real one answer as Chinese has many dialects (e.g. Mandarin, Wu, Xiang, Hakla, Yue, Min Nan, etc.) which are mutually unintelligible to speakers of other dialects. It also depends where the speaker is from - Mainland Chinese officially speak Mandarin, Hong Kong uses Cantonese and Taiwan uses Hokkien.

The language is Chinese

Almost everyone in China speaks Chinese, but not everyone can understand each other. People from different parts of China speak Chinese in different dialects. For instance, someone from one part of China might not be able to understand someone from the other side of China because they speak in different dialects.

Mandarin Chinese is the official language of China, though there are many dialects of this language (if you learn the dialect from Chengdu, people in Hong Kong may not be able to understand you).
China has seven different dialects of Chinese spoken in various parts of the country, along with some regional languages such as Mongolian and Tibetan. The official language is Standard Mandarin, and most educated Chinese speak English as a second language.

Mandarin is the language most spoken in China. The Beijing Mandarin dialect is the lingua franca of China.

Approx. 850 million of China's population of approx. 1.3 billion, speak the language.

The most used language in China is believed to be Mandarin Chinese.
mainly mandarin.

• The official language of the Republic of China (中華民國) is Standard Mandarin (國語).
• The recognised regional languages of the Republic of China (中華民國) include: Taiwanese Hokkien (Taiwan, Penghu and Kinmen), Hakka (Taiwan), several Taiwanese aboriginal languages, Fuzhunese (Matsu), and Puxian Min (Wuqiu).
• The official script of the Republic of China (中華民國) is Traditional Chinese (正體字/繁體字).

Mandarin is the official spoken language of China with Cantonese spoken in the South of the country
Maybe Chinese!
Mandarin
Mandarin is the most popular.
they mostly speak mandrin

The most spoken dialects are Mandarin (spoken by over 70% of the population), Wu (Shanghainese), Yue (Cantonese), Min, Xiang, Gan, and Hakka.
The top 2 languages in China are Mandarin and Cantonese.

Mandarin is the official language of the country.
Mandarin Chinese

ANS 2 -Mandarin is only 1 of the many languages of China
There's only one language --Chinese. However there are many dialects(appro. 65 not 100% sure) but they can be roughly classified into one of the seven large groups, i.e., Putonghua (Mandarin), Gan, Kejia (Hakka), Min, Wu, Xiang and Yue (Cantonese).ach language group contains a large number of dialects. Many Chinese nowadays know how to speak English as well (esp. in Hong Kong)
CHINESE!
Mandarin and Cantonese are the two most spoken languages. English is the most spoken foreign language.

Mandarine and Cantonese are the official languages of China.
about 100 alnguages but the main one is mandarin.
it is 292
yes theres chinese of course and mandarin,some chinese speak english and well thats all i know
Kantonese or/and Mandarin... i think manderin is the most widely used one though
In China, the main language is Mandarin Chinese, in the south parts of the country, such as Guangdong and Hong Kong, people mostly speak Cantonese. Each part of the country have their own accent and some are so different that it would be very hard to understand. In the provinces on the west of China, there is Xin jiang, xi zhang, nei meng gu, they have their own language. There are alot of other languages in China, since there are 56 ethnic groups. Shanghai people have their own language and people from fujian province have their language.
mainly Mandarin, Cantonese spoken in some regions
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua,) Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan, Xiang, Gan and Hakka dialects.

Mandarin is the official language of China.
Standard Mandarin is the official language of China. The main languages in China are Sino-Tibetan, Taiâ??Kadai, and Altaic, just but to mention a few.
Pretty sure it chinese
Mandarin and Cantonese
The most common is Mandarin.
China only has one national language, Mandarin Chinese. However, there are many other dialects spoken around the country.

However Mandarin Chinese may be written as either Simplified or Traditional Mandarin. Cantonese is another popular, widely spoken dialect, particularly in Guangdong Province, as well some other overseas communities such as Hong Kong and Macau.
English

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chines
Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese
Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese.
Mandarin Chinese is the official language of China. Some other languages are Mongolian, Tibetan, Uughur and Zhuang.
Chinaese. The most of them can speaken a simple English.
The two largest languages are Cantonese and Mandarin. Cantonese is the more widely spoken within China. Mandarin, however, is more widely spoken by the upper class. Also spoken is Tibetan.
Typically Mandarin and Cantonese are recognized as the two native languages spoken in China. However, Chinese has many, many regional dialects. It is very difficult to count the number of dialects because the difference is more of a spectrum of languages than discrete countable languages.
chinese
Most chinese people speak Mandarin, the official Chinese language. However, in various areas in China, people speak dialects and variations of Chinese. Some of them are very different sounding to the Mandarin Chinese.
They mainly speak Mandrin but they also speak Cantonese, several variations on Min, and Hunanese

they speak several different languages but the most common one is Manarin.
The Chinese people mostly speak Mandarin. The most widely spoken foreign language in China is English.
Chinese
Mandarin Chinese, which is spoken by 850 million people.
I only know a total of 12 Chinese languages out of 29. The twelve languages I know is: Mandarin; Wu; Yue; Min; Xiang; Gan; Hakka; Cantonese; Zhuang; Mongolian; Tibetan; Uyghur; Hmong; and Korean.
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Answer 2

China speaks the only kind of Chinese that exists. Here is a list of all the dialects that are spoken in China:

Mandarin

Jin

Huizhou

Wu

Hunanese

Jiangxinese

Hakka

Yue (including Cantonese-Taishanese)

Pinghua

Shaojiang

Northern Min

Eastern Min

Central Min

Pu Xian

Southern Min (including Amoy, Taiwanese)

Teochew (including Swatow, Chaozhou, Jieyang, parts of Shanwei/Meizhou)

Answer 3

The 1 official and national language of the People's Republic of China is Mandarin, spoken by more than 70% of the population.

After Mandarin, Cantonese is the next most widely spoken dialect/language.

Including Mandarin, Cantonese, and English, there are a total of 296 languages* spoken in mainland China. This number also includes some languages that have no monolingual speakers:

1. Achang
   
2. Ache
   
3. Ai-Cham
   
4. Ainu
   
5. Akeu
   
6. Akha
   
7. Alugu
   
8. Aluo
   
9. Awa
   
10. Awu
    
11. Axi
    
12. Ayi
    
13. Ayizi
    
14. Azha
    
15. Azhe
    
16. Bai, Central
    
17. Bai, Northern
    
18. Bai, Southern
    
19. Baima
    
20. Biao
    
21. Biao Mon
    
22. Biao-Jiao Mien
    
23. Bisu
    
24. Biyo
    
25. Blang
    
26. Bokha
    
27. Bolyu
    
28. Bonan
    
29. Bouyei
    
30. Bugan
    
31. Bunu, Bu-Nao
    
32. Bunu, Jiongnai
    
33. Bunu, Wunai
    
34. Bunu, Younuo
    
35. Buriat, China
    
36. Buxinhua
    
37. Buyang E'ma
    
38. Buyang, Baha
    
39. Buyang, Langnian
    
40. Cao Miao
    
41. Chadong
    
42. Chepya
    
43. Chesu
    
44. Chinese
    
45. Chinese Sign Language
    
46. Chinese, Gan
    
47. Chinese, Hakka
    
48. Chinese, Huizhou
    
49. Chinese, Jinyu
    
50. Chinese, Mandarin
    
51. Chinese, Min Bei
    
52. Chinese, Min Dong
    
53. Chinese, Min Nan
    
54. Chinese, Min Zhong
    
55. Chinese, Pu-Xian
    
56. Chinese, Wu
    
57. Chinese, Xiang
    
58. Chinese, Yue
    
59. Choni
    
60. Cun
    
61. Darang Deng
    
62. Daur
    
63. Dong, Northern
    
64. Dong, Southern
    
65. Dongxiang
    
66. Drung
    
67. Dzao Min
    
68. E
    
69. English
    
70. Enu
    
71. Ersu
    
72. Evenki
    
73. Ge
    
74. Gelao
    
75. Geman Deng
    
76. Gepo
    
77. Groma
    
78. Guanyinqiao
    
79. Guiqiong
    
80. Hani
    
81. Hlai
    
82. Hlersu
    
83. Hmong
    
84. Hmong Njua
    
85. Hong Kong Sign Language
    
86. Honi
    
87. Horpa
    
88. Hu
    
89. Ili Turki
    
90. Iu Mien
    
91. Jiamao
    
92. Jiarong
    
93. Jingpho
    
94. Jinuo, Buyuan
    
95. Jinuo, Youle
    
96. Jurchen
    
97. Kaduo
    
98. Kalmyk-Oirat
    
99. Kang
    
100. Kangjia
     
101. Kathu
     
102. Katso
     
103. Kazakh
     
104. Kemiehua
     
105. Khakas
     
106. Khlula
     
107. Khmu
     
108. Khuen
     
109. Kim Mun
     
110. Kon Keu
     
111. Korean
     
112. Kuanhua
     
113. Kucong
     
114. Kyerung
     
115. Kyrgyz
     
116. Lachi
     
117. Ladakhi
     
118. Lahu
     
119. Lahu Shi
     
120. Lakkia
     
121. Lalo, Dongshanba
     
122. Lalo, Xishanba
     
123. Lalu, Eastern
     
124. Lalu, Western
     
125. Lamu
     
126. Lang'e
     
127. Laomian
     
128. Lashi
     
129. Lhaovo
     
130. Lhomi
     
131. Limi
     
132. Lingao
     
133. Lipo
     
134. Lisu
     
135. Lolopo
     
136. Lolopo, Southern
     
137. Lü
     
138. Luoba, Boga'er
     
139. Luoba, Yidu
     
140. Macanese
     
141. Mahei
     
142. Mak
     
143. Man Met
     
144. Manchu
     
145. Mang
     
146. Maonan
     
147. Miao, Central Huishui
     
148. Miao, Central Mashan
     
149. Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster
     
150. Miao, Eastern Huishui
     
151. Miao, Eastern Qiandong
     
152. Miao, Eastern Xiangxi
     
153. Miao, Horned
     
154. Miao, Large Flowery
     
155. Miao, Luopohe
     
156. Miao, Northern Guiyang
     
157. Miao, Northern Huishui
     
158. Miao, Northern Mashan
     
159. Miao, Northern Qiandong
     
160. Miao, Small Flowery
     
161. Miao, Southern Guiyang
     
162. Miao, Southern Mashan
     
163. Miao, Southern Qiandong
     
164. Miao, Southwestern Guiyang
     
165. Miao, Southwestern Huishui
     
166. Miao, Western Mashan
     
167. Miao, Western Xiangxi
     
168. Miao, White
     
169. Mili
     
170. Miqie
     
171. Moji
     
172. Monba, Tawan
     
173. Mongolian, Peripheral
     
174. Muda
     
175. Muji, Northern
     
176. Muji, Qila
     
177. Muji, Southern
     
178. Mulam
     
179. Muya
     
180. Muzi
     
181. Naluo
     
182. Namuyi
     
183. Nanai
     
184. Nasu
     
185. Nasu, Wumeng
     
186. Nasu, Wusa
     
187. Naxi
     
188. Nisi
     
189. Nisu, Eastern
     
190. Nisu, Northern
     
191. Nisu, Southern
     
192. Nisu, Southwestern
     
193. Nung
     
194. Nuosu
     
195. Nusu
     
196. Oroqen
     
197. Pa Di
     
198. Pa-Hng
     
199. Palaung, Pale
     
200. Palaung, Rumai
     
201. Palaung, Shwe
     
202. Panang
     
203. Parauk
     
204. Pela
     
205. Phala
     
206. Phola
     
207. Phola, Alo
     
208. Pholo
     
209. Phowa, Ani
     
210. Phowa, Hlepho
     
211. Phowa, Labo
     
212. Phukha
     
213. Phuma
     
214. Phupa
     
215. Phupha
     
216. Phuza
     
217. Pumi, Northern
     
218. Pumi, Southern
     
219. Qabiao
     
220. Qiang, Northern
     
221. Qiang, Southern
     
222. Queyu
     
223. Riang
     
224. Russian
     
225. Salar
     
226. Samatao
     
227. Samei
     
228. Samtao
     
229. Sangkong
     
230. Sani
     
231. Sanie
     
232. Sarikoli
     
233. Shan
     
234. Shangzhai
     
235. She
     
236. Sherpa
     
237. Shixing
     
238. Sinicized Miao
     
239. Sui
     
240. Tai Dam
     
241. Tai Dón
     
242. Tai Hongjin
     
243. Tai Nüa
     
244. Tai Ya
     
245. Takpa
     
246. Talu
     
247. Tanglang
     
248. Tatar
     
249. T'en
     
250. Thangmi
     
251. Thopho
     
252. Tibetan, Amdo
     
253. Tibetan, Central
     
254. Tibetan, Khams
     
255. Tinani
     
256. Tsat
     
257. Tseku
     
258. Tshangla
     
259. Tu
     
260. Tujia, Northern
     
261. Tujia, Southern
     
262. Tuva
     
263. U
     
264. Uyghur
     
265. Uzbek, Northern
     
266. Vietnamese
     
267. Wa, Vo
     
268. Wakhi
     
269. Waxianghua
     
270. Wutunhua
     
271. Xiandao
     
272. Xibe
     
273. Yerong
     
274. Yugur, East
     
275. Yugur, West
     
276. Zaiwa
     
277. Zauzou
     
278. Zhaba
     
279. Zhuang
     
280. Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe
     
281. Zhuang, Dai
     
282. Zhuang, Eastern Hongshuihe
     
283. Zhuang, Guibei
     
284. Zhuang, Guibian
     
285. Zhuang, Lianshan
     
286. Zhuang, Liujiang
     
287. Zhuang, Liuqian
     
288. Zhuang, Minz
     
289. Zhuang, Nong
     
290. Zhuang, Qiubei
     
291. Zhuang, Yang
     
292. Zhuang, Yongbei
     
293. Zhuang, Yongnan
     
294. Zhuang, Youjiang
     
295. Zhuang, Zuojiang
     
296. Zokhuo

Chinese Sign Language is the deaf sign language of the People's Republic of China. It is unrelated to Taiwanese Sign Language or any other sign language in the world.

*Note: the languages of China are both dialects and separate languages. The spoken forms are so different from each other, they are considered different languages. However the written form is the same for almost all of them, making them more like regional dialects on paper.

Answer 4

There are 296 languages spoken in China, but Mandarin is the most widely spoken.

Answer 5

Yes because that is the native language spoken there.

Answer 6

As of 2011, the Ethologue catalogue lists 296 languages.

Answer 7

It is called Mandarin

Answer 8

Mandarin is the most popular.

Answer 9

Mandarin