Language code: chi
Technical information about ISO 639 language code chi
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The table below provides technical details for the Chinese language, designated by the chi code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Chinese Native 中文 |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | MandarinWuYue (Cantonese)MinXiangGanHakkaJinHuizhouPinghua |
| Related languages | BurmeseTibetanYi (Nuosu)LisuKaren (S'gaw) |
| Key facts | Chinese writing uses logographic Han characters rather than an alphabetThe language is tonal—Standard Mandarin has four tones, while some dialects exceed eightChinese grammar is highly analytic, with minimal inflection and heavy reliance on word order and particlesThe basic sentence order is Subject-Verb-ObjectThe earliest attested Chinese texts are oracle-bone inscriptions from roughly 1200 BCE |
| Sample phrase | 你好，你好吗？ |
| Character encodings | GBK, GB2312, GB18030, Big5, Big5-HKSCS, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
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The Chinese language, identified by the code chi, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Chinese language: chi for bibliographic purposes and zho for terminology uses.
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