Country
Languages of China
The Linguasphere Register records 24 entries for China, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
24Register entries
4Sectors present
17Zones
2Language entries
3= AUSTRONESIAN 4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN
Register entries recorded in China
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
31= | FILIPINIC | Zone | |
44-BAA-dbd | aragwa* | Variety | fulannara … khalchiguor … mingho… naringuor… sanchuan… wuyangpu. Aragwa and the above dialects remain to be confirmed … |
44= | CENTRAL-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with … |
45= | EAST-EURASIA | Zone | Covers the "East-Asia" reference area, composed of sets not covered in any phylozone, part of the "wider Altaic … |
46= | SOUTH-EURASIA | Zone | |
47-AGA-a | Lati | Outer | Claire river... China frontier |
47-AGA-ad | li-puliongtco | Inner | "flowery" lachi. |
47= | DAIC | Zone | Covers the "Daic", "wider Kadai" or Thai + Gelao set, part of the "Austro-Tai" hypothesis (with languages of … |
48= | MON-KHMERIC | Zone | |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
58= | IRANIC | Zone | Covers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European … |
59= | INDIC | Zone | Covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the … |
70= | TIBETIC | Zone | Covers the "Tibetan" or Phöke + Kinnauri set, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan … |
71= | HIMALAYIC | Zone | Covers the "East Himalayan + Dhimal" grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan … |
73= | KUKIC | Zone | Covers the "Kuki + Naga" grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") … |
75= | KACHINIC | Zone | Covers the "Kachin + Luish" or Jingpho + Kado grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan … |
76= | RUNGIC | Zone | Covers the "Rung" reference area, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") … |
77= | IRRAWADDIC | Zone | Covers the "Burmese + Lolo" or Bama + Nasö grouping, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan … |
79-AAA-cab | xingxi-S | Variety | Daning + Xi-xian valley... Jiaokou highlands... Shilou + Yonghe |
79-AAA-cad | xingxi-N | Variety | Xiang-xian... Lan-xian... Jingle |
79-AAA-ddb | fanchang | Variety | Fanchang |
79= | SINITIC | Zone | Covers the "Chinese" or Han-Yu set, part of the "Sino-Tibetan" ("Sino-Indian") continental affinity. |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.