Languages of China on a Map

Are you an expert at Asian languages? If yes, then this quiz is for you. Below is a linguistic map of China, can you name all the languages below?

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Based on this map

Each language family is represented by a color theme, e.g. Sino-Tibetan is represented by red-orange-carmine

The language categorized under "Other" is a merger of two different language groups

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Last updated: June 9, 2021

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Sino-Tibetan

Amdo

Axi

Bai

Baima

Biyo

Cantonese

Central Min

Choni

Drung

Eastern Min

Gan

Groma

Gyalrong

Sino-Tibetan

Hakka

Hani

Honi

Huizhou

Jin

Lalo

Lhomi

Lipo

Lisu

Lolopo

Luoba

Mandarin

Nasu

Sino-Tibetan

Naxi

Nisu

Northern Min

Nuosu

Panang

Puxian

Qiang

Sherpa

Southern Min

Ü-Tsang

Xiang

Kra-Dai

Bouyei

Hlai

Kam

Lahu

Tai Nuea

Zhuang

Hmongic

Hmong

Indo-European

Wakhi

Mongolic

Buryat

Daur

Kalmyk

Mongolian

Monguor

Austroasiatic

Bugan

Riang

Koreanic

Korean

Tungusic

Evenki

Manchu

Oroqen

Xibe

Turkic

Kazakh

Kyrgyz

Salar

Uyghur

Other

Yugur

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Level 68

Jun 2, 2021

bread back again with another svg quiz!

Level 75

Jun 2, 2021

danke :sunglase:

Level 66

Jun 2, 2021

Wow!

Level 75

Jun 2, 2021

Tank :D

Level 60

Jun 2, 2021

I am shocked to see how you made it in one day

(ʘ言ʘ╬)

Level 75

Jun 2, 2021

~~Totally didn't make it during class, hehe.~~ Thanks ;D

Level 78

Jun 2, 2021

Fantastic and detailed! Worthy of a feature, so here's a nomination from me.

Level 75

Jun 2, 2021

Thanks Fuse!

Level 71

Jun 2, 2021

I was going to make a quiz like this, but with ethnicities. There might be a lot of overlap, although I think our quizzes would still be different. For example, based on the research I've done so far, a lot of these languages are ultimately offshoots/dialects of the same "Chinese" language (like Cantonese, Min, Hakka) and the speakers would still ultimately identify as "Han Chinese." There are also some distinct ethnicities that don't seem to be on here (possibly there are multiple groups that speak the same language but still identify separately).

Anyways, that being said, would you mind if I still go ahead and do my own "Ethnicities of China on a Map" quiz sometime in the future?

Level 75

Jun 3, 2021

Do as you wish, I don't mind that

It'd be great to have more quizzes on those

Level 71

Jun 3, 2021

Awesome, thanks!

Also, if you want to avoid giving away answers, it might be a good idea to hide the "Hmongic" and "Mongolic" labels (and maybe even "Sino-Tibetan").

Level 75

Jun 7, 2021

I might update it a little later, thanks

Level 60

Aug 21, 2023

And Koreanic too.

Level 36

Oct 11, 2022

Chinese regional languages like Hakka and Cantonese are by no means 'dialects' of Standard Chinese, which in a lot of case would mean Mandarin. They evolved from different origins, resulted from mixing with different local ethnic groups and also evolved differently depending on what time Chinese languages have reached these places.

Level 62

Nov 18, 2022

What about Santa? (Also known as Dongxiang or Sarta). Are you including that under one of the other Mongolic languages? I thought it would be separate.

Level 70

Dec 22, 2022

How did I miss this quiz until now? The map is simply wonderful!

Level 67

Jul 11, 2023

Yugur is a turkic language fyi

Level 80

Oct 10, 2023

Western Yugur is. Eastern is Mongolic. For some reason people list them both as the same Yugur language.

Level 40

Aug 18, 2023

After I typed the ones most people knew like mandarin,Cantonese,Hakka,I just started typing random Chinese Pinyin and got a few answers out of it haha

Level 72

Jan 12, 2024

I think "Oirat" would be a better name for Kalmyk, to distinguish it from the Kalmyks in Russia.

Level 58

Mar 6, 2024

Thank you for this! Nominated.

As an ethnic Chinese, I personally didn't even know that Cantonese existed until I immigrated to Canada. And even so, it was taught by a non-Chinese (White) teacher, who told us about her story about her not knowing there were two Chinese languages. In China, even my parents classified it as a dialect of Mandarin - as well as Hakka, Xiang, Wu, or the Mins Chinese.

Thank you for bringing awareness to the true variety of languages in China. It must have taken you very long to finish this. Thank you, for the dedication.