Language:  Chinese, Mandarin

Population of People Groups Speaking

964,296,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

166

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(166 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 A'ou China 2,800 Progress Gauge
 Adu China 8,100 Progress Gauge
 Ayizi China 2,100 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general United Arab Emirates 37,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Algeria 39,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Angola 59,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Argentina 78,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Botswana 1,400 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Belgium 23,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Bahamas 800 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Belize 11,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Bolivia 7,800 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Bulgaria 1,800 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Canada 736,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Chad 21,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Chile 13,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Cameroon 3,500 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Colombia 12,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Costa Rica 39,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Cyprus 1,800 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Denmark 13,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Djibouti 2,100 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Dominican Republic 53,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Egypt 8,100 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Ethiopia 45,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Czechia 3,500 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Micronesia, Federated States 500 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Ghana 13,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Greece 18,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Hungary 20,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Iran 3,700 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Kenya 38,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Kyrgyzstan 1,100 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Korea, South 1,047,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Kazakhstan 3,500 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Slovakia 2,700 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Lesotho 5,500 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Madagascar 82,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Mongolia 48,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Mauritius 19,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general South Sudan 1,700 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Portugal 27,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Serbia 11,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Romania 10,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Senegal 1,900 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Sudan 7,600 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Tajikistan 1,100 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Tunisia 600 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Turkmenistan 3,700 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Uganda 21,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Ukraine 2,200 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general United States 4,432,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Vietnam 907,000 Progress Gauge
 Chuanlan China 393,000 Progress Gauge
 Chuanqing China 997,000 Progress Gauge
 Daizhan China 13,000 Progress Gauge
 Diao China 2,800 Progress Gauge
 Duoluo China 2,800 Progress Gauge
 Eurasian China 729,000 Progress Gauge
 Gaiji China 40,000 Progress Gauge
 Gaisu, Southern China 48,000 Progress Gauge
 Gaisu, Western China 1,300 Progress Gauge
 Gao China 3,600 Progress Gauge
 Gelao China 578,000 Progress Gauge
Gelao, Red Vietnam 200 Progress Gauge
 Gesu China 16,000 Progress Gauge
 Hagei China 3,100 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Kokang Myanmar (Burma) 165,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Aruba 900 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Australia 624,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Austria 38,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Bangladesh 3,800 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Myanmar (Burma) 987,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Solomon Islands 5,500 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Brunei 12,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Cambodia 2,100 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin China 912,955,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Northern Mariana Islands 8,200 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Cuba 39,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Ecuador 20,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Finland 13,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Fiji 6,100 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Guam 1,600 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Indonesia 1,348,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin India 10,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Italy 325,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Iraq 2,700 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Japan 534,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Jordan 22,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Korea, North 188,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Kuwait 5,800 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Laos 72,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Libya 2,300 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Martinique 500 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin China, Macau 41,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Malaysia 1,148,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Mozambique 28,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Vanuatu 700 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Nigeria 4,200 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Netherlands 53,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Norway 14,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Nicaragua 15,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Paraguay 11,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Papua New Guinea 30,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Qatar 1,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Reunion 3,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Philippines 1,200 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Saudi Arabia 91,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Seychelles 700 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Singapore 1,360,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Spain 239,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Sweden 20,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Switzerland 20,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Türkiye (Turkey) 21,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Taiwan 4,417,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Tanzania 121,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin United Kingdom 134,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Ukraine 1,800 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Uruguay 3,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Uzbekistan 1,400 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Zambia 60,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Zimbabwe 1,700 Progress Gauge
 Hui China, Hong Kong 36,000 Progress Gauge
 Hui China, Macau 1,200 Progress Gauge
 Hui Saudi Arabia 32,000 Progress Gauge
 Hui Myanmar (Burma) 9,000 Progress Gauge
 Hui China 13,646,000 Progress Gauge
 Hui Kyrgyzstan 2,200 Progress Gauge
 Hui Malaysia 16,000 Progress Gauge
 Hui Thailand 91,000 Progress Gauge
 Hui Taiwan 55,000 Progress Gauge
 Hui, Dungan Singapore 16,000 Progress Gauge
 Jewish, Chinese Taiwan 100 Progress Gauge
 Kyakala China 3,000 Progress Gauge
 Laba China 299,000 Progress Gauge
 Lemo China 2,700 Progress Gauge
 Limin China 100,000 Progress Gauge
 Linghua China 27,000 Progress Gauge
 Liujia China 4,900 Progress Gauge
 Longjia China 4,000 Progress Gauge
 Lopi, Shuitian China 20,000 Progress Gauge
 Lu, Lu Ren China 6,100 Progress Gauge
 Miao, Baishi China 17,000 Progress Gauge
 Miao, Enshi China 676,000 Progress Gauge
 Michi China 38,000 Progress Gauge
 Ming China 15,000 Progress Gauge
 Mulao Jia China 40,000 Progress Gauge
 Nanjingren China 162,000 Progress Gauge
Pazeh Taiwan 5,800 Progress Gauge
 Pusha China 6,900 Progress Gauge
 Qixingmin China 5,900 Progress Gauge
 Samadu, Eastern China 800 Progress Gauge
 Samadu, Western China 9,900 Progress Gauge
 Saman China 3,300 Progress Gauge
 Shenzhou China 4,900 Progress Gauge
 Shui, Yunnan China 12,000 Progress Gauge
 Sino-Native Malaysia 33,000 Progress Gauge
 Subei China 2,991,000 Progress Gauge
 Tujia China 9,588,000 Progress Gauge
 Xialusi China 3,900 Progress Gauge
 Xibe China 234,000 Progress Gauge
 Xijima China 39,000 Progress Gauge
Yilan Creole Taiwan 3,100 Progress Gauge
 Yizi China 2,900 Progress Gauge
 Yongchun China 17,000 Progress Gauge
 You Tai, Chinese Jewish China 2,900 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  166     57 ◼︎ (34 ✸︎)
SECONDARY Language
(25 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Akha Jijor Laos 5,100 Progress Gauge
 Akha Nuver Laos 6,400 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general France 40,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Mexico 13,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general New Zealand 59,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general Russia 20,000 Progress Gauge
 Chinese, general South Africa 390,000 Progress Gauge
 Daur China 132,000 Progress Gauge
 Daur, Western China 7,400 Progress Gauge
 Dong, Northern China 585,000 Progress Gauge
Duota China 15,000 Progress Gauge
 Eka China 3,300 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Min Bei China, Hong Kong 66,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Min Bei Thailand 15,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Min Nan Japan 73,000 Progress Gauge
 Han Chinese, Wu China 81,039,000 Progress Gauge
 Mauritian Mauritius 976,000 Progress Gauge
 Pinghua, Northern China 1,738,000 Progress Gauge
 Pinghua, Southern China 2,341,000 Progress Gauge
 Sanqiao China 6,900 Progress Gauge
 She China 746,000 Progress Gauge
 Tai Lue China 798,000 Progress Gauge
 Thai-Chinese Thailand 5,831,000 Progress Gauge
 Tu China 258,000 Progress Gauge
 Tushu China 6,600 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  25     11 ◼︎ (5 ✸︎)

Language Alternate Names
Beifang Fangyan
Beijinghua
Chinese, Guiliu
Chinese, Qinghai
Chinese, Qinghai Hui
Chinese, Sichuan
Chinese, Simplified
Chinese, Traditional
Chinese, Yunnan
Cin Haw
Eastern Mandarin
Guanhua
Guoyu
Hanyu
Haw
Ho
Hoton
Huabei Guanhua
Huayu
Hui
Hui-Tze
Hui-Zu
Hwei
Hytad
Jiangxia Guanhua
Jinghuai Guanhua
Khoton
Kokang
Kokant
Kuoyu
Kuo-Yu
Lower Yangtze Mandarin
Lower Yangze Mandarin
Mandarin
Mandarin, China
Northern Chinese
Northern Mandarin
Northwestern Mandarin
Panghse
Pantha
Panthe
Pathee
Putonghua
Qotong
Southwestern Mandarin
Standard Chinese
Tayok
Western Mandarin
Xibei Guanhua
Xinan Guanhua
Xui
Yunnanese
Zhongguohua
Zhongwen

Dialects
Beijing Guanhua
Chihi
Dongbei Guanhua
Guangxi Nanning
Guiliu
Guiyanghua
Hankow
Huang Yuan
Hubei Chongyanghua
Hubei Dangyanghua
Hubei Wuhandayehua
Indonesia
Jiang-Huai Guanhua
Jiao-Liao Guanhua
Ji-Lu Guanhua
Kiaotung
Lan-Yin Guanhua
Liansan
Ling Lang
Min Zhou
Nanking
Ningxia
Ningxia, Thongxin
Qinghai
Shantung
Sichuan
Taibei Mandarin
Taiwan
Wenshan
Xichang
Xunhua
Zang Ye
Zhongyuan Guanhua

Dialect Alternate Names
Beijing Mandarin
Central Plains Mandarin
Chinese, Wenshan
Chinesisch
Chuanlan
Dayehua
Hebei-Shandong Mandarin
Huizu, Xining
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Lanyin Mandarin
Sunhwa Hui


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