ISO 639:zho

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zho is the ISO 639-3 language code for Chinese. It is defined as a macrolanguage. There are 13 individual codes.

1. cdo — Min Dong
   • (standardized form: Fuzhou dialect)
2. cjy — Jin (linguistics)
3. cmn — Mandarin (linguistics)
   • Beijing dialect
   • Standard Mandarin
4. cpx — Puxian Min
5. czh — Hui (linguistics)
6. czo — Min Zhong
7. gan — Gan (linguistics)
8. hak — Hakka (linguistics)
9. hsn — Xiang (linguistics)
10. mnp — Min Bei
11. nan — Min Nan
    • Taiwanese (linguistics)
    • Hokkien
      • Penang Hokkien
      • Medan Hokkien
    • Teochew (dialect)
12. wuu — Wu (linguistics)
13. yue — Yue (Cantonese (linguistics))
    • Guangzhou dialect
    • Taishan dialect

[edit] Related codes

Although the Dungan language (dng) is considered most closely related to Mandarin, it is not listed under Chinese in ISO 639-3 due to separate historical and cultural development (see diasystem).

ISO 639 also lists codes for Old Chinese (och) and Late Middle Chinese (ltc). They are not listed under Chinese in ISO 639-3 because they are categorized as ancient and historical languages.

[edit] See also

• Identification of the varieties of Chinese
• List of Chinese dialects
• List of ISO 639 codes for Chinese languages
• Spoken Chinese

[edit] External links

• http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=zho