List of Han subgroups Han Chinese subgroups

1 list of han subgroups

1.1 mandarin-speaking groups
1.2 wu-speaking groups
1.3 yue-speaking groups
1.4 min-speaking groups
1.5 xiang-speaking groups
1.6 hakka-speaking groups
1.7 gan-speaking groups
1.8 smaller groups

list of han subgroups

the 8 main dialect areas of mandarin in mainland china



the main varieties of chinese in mainland china , taiwan


mandarin-speaking groups

total native han speakers: 885,000,000

mandarin, known northern dialects, largest of chinese languages. native speakers, in regions non-mandarin speakers historically dominated, mandarin being brought in lingua franca. mandarin-speaking groups largest group in mainland china, in diaspora min, hakka , cantonese dialects more numerous. dungan people of central asia native central plains mandarin speaking hui peoples. other notable mandarin-speaking peoples include sichuanese people , jianghuai people.

wu-speaking groups

total native han speakers: 77,175,000

wu-speaking peoples, in particular, concentrated in southern jiangsu, of zhejiang, shanghai, , parts of southern anhui, northern fujian, , northeastern jiangxi. scattered remnants of wu-speaking chinese found in other parts of china, such in guizhou, sichuan, chongqing , xinjiang, result after 1964. of them outside of jiangnan region speak variants of taihu wu dialects. wu chinese spoken chiefly in wu region. jiangnanese people consist of both shanghainese people , ningbo people, other ethnic han in jiangnan. speak variants of taihu wu chinese. other languages spoken jianghuai mandarin , xuanzhou wu chinese.

the shanghainese people centered around shanghai , speak shanghainese dialect of wu. ningbo people wu-speaking chinese group , speak ningbo dialect. wenzhou people wu-speaking chinese group speak wenzhou dialect. though significant minority speakers of dialect of min nan known zhenan min. if huizhou chinese considered subdivision of wu chinese, people huizhou considered wu-speaking.

wu chinese spoken minuscule minority, particularly mainlanders, both in taiwan , in hong kong, other overseas chinese communities.

yue-speaking groups

total native han speakers: 66,000,000

yue or cantonese speakers predominant in western-central guangdong , eastern guangxi, in hong kong , macau. yue dialects spoken in guangxi province mutually intelligible cantonese. instance, wuzhou 120 miles upstream guangzhou, dialect more of guangzhou of taishan 60 miles southwest of guangzhou , separated several rivers it. cantonese spoken locals in hainan. example, mai dialect closely related cantonese, spoken in hainan province.

there cantonese-speaking minority communities in southeast asia, particularly in vietnam, malaysia , singapore. many cantonese emigrants, particularly taishanese peoples, migrated united states , canada. result, cantonese continues used chinese communities of guangzhou , hong kong origin in western world , has not been supplanted mandarin.

min-speaking groups

total native han speakers of minbei , minnan: 60,000,000
total native han speakers of other min:

min speakers scattered throughout southern china concentrated on province of fujian , hainan, parts in guangdong , tip of southern zhejiang, , part of taiwan.

there several main dialects in min chinese. fuzhou dialect of min dong, spoken fuzhou people native city of fuzhou. dialect of puxian min represented putian people (also known xinghua or henghua), puxian-speaking people native puxian.

the min nan dialect of min chinese spoken in southern fujian , taiwan largest min dialect , spoken larger hoklo population compared other min dialects. furthermore, min nan further extended other unique min nan groups speaks variants of min nan dialect. teochew people native eastern guangdong , hainanese people native of hainan island min nan dialect groups. dialect of cangnan, zhenan min, spoken in wenzhou, zhejiang. outside of mainland china , taiwan, min nan make biggest chinese dialect group among overseas chinese populations in southeast asia such malaysia, singapore, indonesia , phillipines.

xiang-speaking groups

total native han speakers: 36,015,000

xiang speakers live in hunan province, , called hunanese people. xiang-speaking people found in adjacent provinces of sichuan , jiangxi.

hakka-speaking groups

total native han speakers: 34,000,000

the hakka people speak hakka chinese , predominant in parts of guangdong , fujian parts of taiwan. 1 of largest groups found among chinese in southeast asia.

gan-speaking groups

total native han speakers: 20,580,000

the origin of gan-speaking peoples in china jiangxi province in china. gan-speaking populations found in fujian, southern anhui , hubei provinces, , linguistic enclaves found in taiwan, shaanxi, sichuan, zhejiang, hunan, hainan, guangdong, fujian , non-gan speaking jiangxi.

smaller groups

other minor subgroups include speakers of tanka people, peranakans, chuanqing, , kwongsai people