Introduction

The Sinitic languages are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Over 91% of the Chinese population speaks a Sinitic language.

Language Family Tree

Sino-Tibetan > Sinitic

• Classical-Middle-Modern Sinitic
  • Middle-Modern Sinitic
    • Northern Chinese
      • Mandarinic
        • Zhongyuan
          • [dng] Dungan
          • Gangou
        • Daohua
        • Hezhou
        • [cmn] Mandarin Chinese
        • Tangwang
        • [wuh] Wutunhua
      • [cjy] Jinyu Chinese
    • Wu-Hui Chinese
      • [czh] Hui Chinese
      • [wuu] Wu Chinese
    • Yue-Pinghua
      • Pinghua
        • [cnp] Northern Pinghua
        • [csp] Southern Pinghua
      • [yue] Yue Chinese
    • [gan] Gan Chinese
    • [hak] Hakka Chinese
    • [ltc] Middle Chinese
    • Qujiang Hakka-Shibei Shaoguan Tuhua
    • [hsn] Xiang Chinese
  • [lzh] Literary Chinese
• Min
  • Coastal Min
    • [cdo] Min Dong Chinese
    • [nan] Min Nan Chinese
    • [cpx] Pu-Xian Chinese
  • Inland Min
    • [mnp] Min Bei Chinese
    • [czo] Min Zhong Chinese
• [och] Old Chinese
• [wxa] Waxianghua

Languages Sorted Alphabetically

• Chinese, Gan
• Chinese, Hakka
• Chinese, Jinyu
• Chinese, Mandarin
• Chinese, Min Bei
• Chinese, Min Dong
• Chinese, Min Nan
• Chinese, Wu
• Chinese, Xiang
• Chinese, Yue
• Middle Chinese
• Old Chinese
• Waxianghua