Modern Standard Chinese

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mandarin
gptkb:Standard_Mandarin
gptkb:Putonghua
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Beijing_dialect
gptkbp:hasDialects yes
gptkbp:hasGrammar analytic
gptkbp:hasPhonology tonal language
gptkbp:hasTones 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Modern Standard Chinese
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code zh
gptkbp:ISO639-3 cmn
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Sino-Tibetan
gptkbp:lexicalInfluence gptkb:Classical_Chinese
regional dialects
gptkbp:literaryStandard used in media and official documents
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 1 billion
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:People's_Republic_of_China
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Republic_of_China_(Taiwan)
gptkbp:primaryUse lingua franca among Chinese speakers
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Ministry_of_Education_(Singapore)
gptkb:Ministry_of_Education_(Taiwan)
gptkb:National_Language_Commission_of_China
gptkbp:romanization gptkb:Wade-Giles
gptkb:Pinyin
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:China
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:Taiwan
global Chinese diaspora
gptkbp:standardizedBy early 20th century
gptkbp:subjectVerbObject yes
gptkbp:supportsLanguage zh-CN
zh-Hans
zh-Hant
gptkbp:teaches used in education in China, Taiwan, Singapore
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:business
gptkb:government
gptkb:literature
gptkb:media
gptkb:technology
education
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Simplified_Chinese_characters
gptkb:Traditional_Chinese_characters
left-to-right
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Classical_Chinese
gptkb:Standard_Mandarin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5