Sinitic
group of East Asian analytic languages and a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family
Gan Chinese
member of the Sinitic languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken as the native language by the people in the Jiangxi province of China
Xiang Chinese
Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province
Min Chinese
language family
Mandarin
common spoken language of administration of the Chinese empire during the Ming and Qing dynasties, later developing into Standard Chinese
Wu Chinese
Sinitic language
Qi
an ancient Chinese language
Middle Chinese
System of Chinese pronunciation contained in the Qieyun (used in the Northern and Southern dynasties, Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty)
Macro-Bai
putative group of Sino-Tibetan languages of southern China
Chinese
language group of the Sinitic languages
Old Chinese
oldest attested stage of Chinese
Jin
variety of Chinese spoken in northern China
Yue Chinese
primary branch of Chinese spoken in southern China