Language

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese is a language in the Sino-Tibetan family spoken in 81 countries.

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Scripture in Mandarin Chinese

A complete Bible is reported in Mandarin Chinese.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Mandarin Chinese is spoken

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Bolivia
  • Brunei
  • Canada
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Guam
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Lesotho
  • Macau
  • Madagascar
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia
  • Mongolia
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Netherlands
  • Nicaragua
  • North Korea
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Philippines
  • Portugal
  • Réunion
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Türkiye
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia

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About Mandarin Chinese

Part of
Chinese (ISO 639-3 macrolanguage)
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
ISO 639-3 code
cmn
Glottocode
mand1415
Also known as
Chinese, Mandarin · Chinese, Mandarin: Kokang

Dialects and varieties 63

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Mandarin Chinese as a whole.

  • Beijing MandarinNo known Scripture
  • BeijingicNo known Scripture
  • Central Plain GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chengdu MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Beijing GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Huabei GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: HuiNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Ji-Lu GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Jiang-Huai GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Jiao-Liao GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: KokangNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Lan-Yin GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: WenshanNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Xibei GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese, Mandarin: Zhongyuan GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: ChihiNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: HankowNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Huang YuanNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Hubei ChongyanghuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Hubei DangyanghuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Hubei WuhandayehuaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: KiaotungNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: LiansanNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Min ZhouNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: NankingNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: NingxiaNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Ningxia: ThongxinNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: ShantungNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: SichuanNo known Scripture
  • Chinese: Zang YeNo known Scripture
  • GuiliuNo known Scripture
  • Guiyang MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Ha'erbin MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Hefei MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Hui: QinghaiNo known Scripture
  • Hui: XunhuaNo known Scripture
  • Jinan MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Kunming ChineseNo known Scripture
  • Lanzhou MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Mandarin: GuiyanghuaNo known Scripture
  • Mandarin: IndonesiaNo known Scripture
  • Mandarin: Ling LangNo known Scripture
  • Mandarin: TaiwanNo known Scripture
  • Mandarin: XichangNo known Scripture
  • Nanjing MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Northeastern MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Pinghua: Guangxi NanningNo known Scripture
  • Qingdao MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Rongcheng MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Shenyang MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Southwestern GuanhuaNo known Scripture
  • Taibei MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Tianjin MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Wuhan MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Wulumuqi MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Xi'an MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Xining MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Yangzhou MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Yinchuan MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Yingshan MandarinNo known Scripture
  • Yuci MandarinNo known Scripture
  • YunnaneseNo known Scripture
  • Zhengzhou MandarinNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.