Languages and Dialects of China

Extinct languages and scripts italicised.

Language Family Group Branch SIL Classmark
Achang 阿昌 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Indeterminate ACN FB.492
Bai Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi PIQ FB.492
Blang 布郎 South Asian Mon-Khmer - BLR FB.499
Bonan 保安 Altaic Mongolian - PEH FE.400-499
Bouyei 布依 Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Zhuang-Dai PCC FB.495
Chagatay 察合台 Altaic Turkic - - FB.499
Dai Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Zhuang-Dai - FB.495
Daur 达斡尔 Altaic Mongolian - DTA FE.400-499
De'ang
(Benglong)
德昂
(崩龙)
South Asian Mon-Khmer - - FB.499
Dong Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Dong-Shui KMC FB.495
Dongxiang 东乡 Altaic Mongolian - SCE FE.400-499
Drung 独龙 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Jingpo DUU FB.492
Evenki 鄂温克 Altaic Manchu-Tungusic Tungusic EVN FE.300-399
Gan Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Han) - KNN FB.489
Gaoshan 高山 Austronesian
(Malayo-
Polynesian)
- - - FB.499
Geba 哥巴 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi - FB.494
Gelo 仡佬 Sino-Tibetan Miao-Yao Unidentified KKF FB.497
Hakka 客家 Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Han) - HAK FB.487
Hani 哈尼 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi HNI FB.492
Hezhe 赫哲 Altaic Manchu-Tungusic Manchu GLD FE.300-399
Jing (Vietnamese) Indeterminate - - VIE FB.499
Jingpo (Kachin) 景颇 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Jingpo CGP FB.492
Jino 基诺 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi JIU FB.492
Jurchen 女真 Altaic Manchu-Tungusic - JUC FE.353
Kazak 哈萨克 Altaic Turkic - KAZ FB.499
Kharosthi 亻去卢 - - - FB.499
Khitan 契丹 Altaic Mongolian - - FE.453
Khotanese 于阗 Indo-European Iranian - - FB.499
Kirgiz 柯尔克孜 Altaic Turkic - KDO FB.499
Korean 朝鲜 Altaic Manchu-Tungusic Unidentified KOR FE.245-253
Lahu 拉祜 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi LAH FB.492
Lhoba 珞巴 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Indeterminate LON FB.492
Li Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Li - FB.495
Lisu 傈僳 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi LIS FB.492
Manchu Altaic Manchu-Tungusic Manchu MJF FE.300-399
Mandarin 官话 Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Han) - CHN FB.483
Maonan 毛难 Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Dong-Shui MMD FB.495
Miao Sino-Tibetan Miao-Yao Miao BLU FB.497
Min Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Han) - MNP FB.486
Minjia 民家 Sino-Tibetan Miao-Yao - - FB.497
Moinba 门巴 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Tibetan MOB FB.492
Mongolian 蒙古 Altaic Mongolian - MVF FE.400-499
Mulam 仫佬 Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Dong-Shui MLM FB.495
Naxi (Moso) 纳西(么些) Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi NBF FB.494
Nu Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Indeterminate - FB.492
Oroqen 鄂伦春 Altaic Manchu-Tungusic Tungusic ORH FE.300-399
Pumi (Primi) 普米 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Qiang PMI FB.492
Qiang Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Qiang CNG FB.492
Russian 俄罗斯 Indo-European Slavonic Eastern Slavonian RUS FB.499
Salar 撒拉 Altaic Turkic - SLR FB.499
She Sino-Tibetan Miao-Yao Miao SHX FB.497
Shui (Sui) Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Dong-Shui SWI FB.495
Sogdian 栗特 Indo-European Iranian - - FB.499
Tajik (Sarikoli) 塔吉克 Indo-European Iranian - SRH FB.499
Tangut (Xixia) 西夏 Sino-Tibetan - - - FB.492
Tatar 塔塔尔 Altaic Turkic - TTR FB.499
Tibetan Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Tibetan BOD FB.492
Tocharian 吐火罗
(焉耆—
龟兹)
Indo-European - - - FB.499
Tomba 东巴 Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi - FB.494
Tu (Mongour) Altaic Mongolian - MJG FE.400-499
Tujia 土家 Sino-Tibetan Miao-Yao Unidentified TJS FB.497
Uygur 维吾尔 Altaic Turkic - UIG FB.499
Uzbek 乌孜别克 Altaic Turkic - UZB FB.499
Va South Asian Mon-Khmer - WBM FB.499
Wu Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Han) - WUU FB.485
Xiang (Hunanese) Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Han) - HSN FB.489
Xibe 锡伯 Altaic Manchu-Tungusic Manchu SJO FE.300-399
Yao Sino-Tibetan Miao-Yao Yao IUM FB.497
Yi (Lolo) 彝(罗罗) Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Yi III FB.494
Yue (Cantonese) Sino-Tibetan Chinese (Han) - YUH FB.487
Yugur (Enger) 裕固
(恩格尔)
Altaic Mongolian - YUY FE.400-499
Yugur (Yaohuer) 裕固
(尧乎尔)
Altaic Turkic - YBE FB.499
Zhuang Sino-Tibetan Zhuang-Dong Zhuang-Dai CCX FB.495