Mandarin Chinese

ISO 639-3: cmnLiving8 writing systems

Mandarin Chinese is a language catalogued in the ISO 639-3 standard (code: cmn). Scripts with multiple-source attestation are Bopomofo (ISO 15924: Bopo), Latin (ISO 15924: Latn), Han (Traditional variant) (ISO 15924: Hant), Han (Simplified variant) (ISO 15924: Hans) and Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) (ISO 15924: Hani). Braille notation is also recorded through multiple-source attestation. Single-source script relationships for Mandarin Chinese include Arabic and Cyrillic.

Writing Systems

Source agreement does not establish current usage, official status, dates or region. Evidence definitions and sources.

Bopomofo
Syllabary
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: BopoFamily: Chinese PhoneticOrigin: East AsiaLiving
Mandarin Chinese in BopomofoBopomofoBopomofo Extended
Latin
Alphabet
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: LatnFamily: LatinOrigin: Mediterranean / EuropeLiving
Mandarin Chinese in LatinBasic LatinLatin-1 SupplementLatin Extended-A+7 more blocks →
Han (Traditional variant)
Logographic
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: Hant
Mandarin Chinese in Han (Traditional variant)
Han (Simplified variant)
Logographic
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: Hans
Mandarin Chinese in Han (Simplified variant)
Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)
Logographic
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: HaniFamily: East Asian / HanOrigin: East AsiaLiving
Mandarin Chinese in Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)CJK Radicals SupplementKangxi RadicalsCJK Symbols and Punctuation+11 more blocks →
Braille
Notation / Other
Multiple-source attestation
ISO 15924: Brai
Mandarin Chinese in Braille
Arabic
Abjad
Single-source attestation
ISO 15924: ArabFamily: Semitic / AramaicOrigin: Middle EastLiving
Mandarin Chinese in ArabicArabicArabic SupplementArabic Extended-B+3 more blocks →
Cyrillic
Alphabet
Single-source attestation
ISO 15924: CyrlFamily: Cyrillic / GreekOrigin: Eastern Europe / Central AsiaLiving
Mandarin Chinese in CyrillicCyrillicCyrillic SupplementCyrillic Extended-C+2 more blocks →

Other languages written in Braille

Mandarin Chinese shares an attested relationship with the Braille script (ISO 15924: Brai) — with these languages:

Afrikaans
afr
Gheg Albanian
aln
Amharic
amh
Egyptian Arabic
arz
Belarusian
bel
Bemba (Zambia)
bem
Bengali
ben
Ntcham
bud
Bulgarian
bul
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