Chinese

Summary

Chinese is a macrolanguage^[1]. Chinese ranks in the top 8% of macrolanguage entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,287 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chinese is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Chinese is in the country of Taiwan^[4].
• Chinese is in the country of Singapore^[5].
• Chinese's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage^[6].
• Chinese's instance of is recorded as modern language^[7].
• Chinese's instance of is recorded as language group^[8].
• Chinese is a type of Sino-Tibetan^[9].
• Chinese's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters^[10].
• Chinese's writing system is recorded as traditional Chinese characters^[11].
• Chinese's writing system is recorded as simplified Chinese characters^[12].
• Chinese's Commons category is recorded as Chinese languages^[13].
• Chinese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as zh^[14].
• Chinese's said to be the same as is recorded as Sinitic^[15].
• Chinese comprises Min Chinese^[16].
• Chinese comprises Yue Chinese^[17].
• Chinese comprises Hakka Chinese^[18].
• Chinese comprises Wu Chinese^[19].
• Chinese comprises Mandarin^[20].
• Chinese comprises Xiang Chinese^[21].
• Chinese comprises Jin^[22].
• Chinese comprises Huizhou Chinese^[23].
• Chinese comprises Pinghua^[24].
• Chinese comprises Ba-Shu Chinese^[25].
• Chinese comprises Shaozhou Tuhua^[26].
• Chinese's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32, 'lon': 108}^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include People's Republic of China^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in People's Republic of China^[29], founded in 1949^[30]; Taiwan^[4], an island country^[31], in Taiwan^[32], founded in 1912^[33]; and Singapore^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Singapore^[35], founded in 1965^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include macrolanguage^[6], modern language^[7], and language group^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chinese include UN Chinese Language Day^[37], a world day^[38], founded in 2010^[39] and Ching-Te^[40], a lunar crater^[41].

Why It Matters

Chinese ranks in the top 8% of macrolanguage entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,287 views/month).^[2] Chinese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Chinese is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Chinese has been cited as an influence by English^[44], a natural language^[45], in American Samoa^[46].

Entities named for Chinese include UN Chinese Language Day^[37], a world day^[38], founded in 2010^[39] and Ching-Te^[40], a lunar crater^[41].

FAQs

Who did Chinese influence?

Chinese has been cited as an influence by English^[44].