What are the different kind of languages in China?
In addition to the national standard spoken language/dialect (Putonghua / Guoyu), every region and locality has its own native variants of spoken Chinese. The map below depicts these subdivisions (“languages” or “dialect groups”) within Chinese. The traditionally recognized seven main groups, in order of population size are: Mandarin (Simplified Chinese: 北方话or官话; Traditional Chinese: 北方話 or 官話; pinyin: běifānghuà or guānhuà), (c. 800 million), not to be confused with Putonghua / Guoyu, often also called “Mandarin”, the official spoken language of China; Wu 吳/吴 , which includes Shanghainese, (c. 90 million)， Cantonese 粵/粤, (c. 80 million)， Min 閩/闽, which includes Taiwanese, (c. 50 million), Xiang 湘, (c. 35 million), Hakka 客家 or 客, (c. 35 million)， Gan 贛/赣, (c. 20 million) Chinese linguists have recently distinguished 3 more groups from the traditional seven: Jin 晉/晋 from Mandarin Hui 徽 from Wu Ping 平話/平话 partly from Cantonese There are also many smaller groups that are not yet classifie
