Mandarin and Cantonese are the main languages in China. But there are hundreds of other languages spoken throughout the country.
Most languages in China belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken by 29 ethnicities. There are also several major dialects within the Chinese language itself.
The most spoken dialects are Mandarin, which is spoken by over 70% of the population, Wu (Shanghainese), Yue (Cantonese), Min, Xiang, Gan, and Hakka.
Non-Sinitic languages spoken widely by ethnic minorities include Zhuang (Thai), Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur (Turkic), Hmong and Korean.
