| name | Ethnologue status | language family | office | IETF | alphabet | ISO 6391 | ISO 6392 | ISO 6393 | speakers (people) | Manuscript | micronation | publisher | former country | is a dialect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese language | Sino-Tibetan languages | Organización de las Naciones Unidas | Chinese characters | zh | chi (B)$#$zho (T) | zho – inclusive code [ISO_639_macrolanguage]$#$Individual codes:$#$cdo –Min Dong [Min_Dong]$#$cjy –Jinyu [Jin_Chinese]$#$cmn –Mandarin [Mandarin_Chinese]$#$cpx –Pu Xian [Pu_Xian]$#$czh –Huizhou [Huizhou_Chinese]$#$czo –Min Zhong [Min_Zhong]$#$gan –Gan [Gan_Chinese]$#$hak –Hakka [Hakka_Chinese]$#$hsn –Xiang [Xiang_Chinese]$#$mnp –Min Bei [Min_Bei]$#$nan –Min Nan [Min_Nan]$#$wuu –Wu [Wu_Chinese]$#$yue –Yue [Yue_Chinese]$#$och –Old Chinese [Old_Chinese]$#$ltc –Late Middle Chinese [Middle_Chinese]$#$lzh –Classical Chinese [Classical_Chinese] | 1,300,000,000 | Yes | ||||||
| Mandarin Chinese | 1 National | Sino-Tibetan languages | Organización de las Naciones Unidas | Chinese characters | zh | shi(B)/zho(T) | cmn | 100,000,000 | Yes | |||||
| Iu Mien language | 5 Developing | Hmong–Mien languages | ium | Chinese characters | Either:$#$ium –Iu Mien$#$bmt –Biao Mon | 840,000 | Yes | |||||||
| Lakkia language | 6a Vigorous | Kra–Dai languages | lbc | Chinese characters | lbc | 9,000 | Yes | |||||||
| Ningbo dialect | Sino-Tibetan languages | Chinese characters | – | 6,000,000 | Yes |