The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Chinese:
Chinese (spoken: simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, written: 中文; Zhōngwén) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39 billion people, or 17% of the global population, speak a variety of Chinese as their first language.
What type of thing is Chinese?
editChinese can be described as all of the following:
- Chinese language – as a holistic linguistic entity with wide variation
- the Sinitic languages – a large language family with many mutually unintelligible varieties
- Chinese characters
Varieties of Chinese
editHistory of the Chinese language
editPhonology
editMorphology
editGrammar
editGeneral Chinese concepts
editLiterary Chinese culture
editPublications about Chinese language
editInstitutions and standards
editLinguists of Chinese
editSee also
editReferences
editExternal links
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