zho | ISO 639-3 (original) (raw)

639 Identifier Documentation: zho

Chinese [zho]

Identifier	Language Name(s)	Status	Code Sets	Equivalent(s)	Scope	Language Type	Denotations
zho	Chinese	Active	639-2, 639-2/T, 639-3	639-1: zh639-2/B: chi639-2/T and 639-3: zho	Macrolanguage	Living	Ethnologue, Glottolog, Wikipedia

Macrolanguage	Individual Languages
Identifier Reference Name zho Chinese	Identifier Reference Name Status cdo Min Dong Chinese Active cjy Jinyu Chinese Active cmn Mandarin Chinese Active cnp Northern Ping Chinese Active cpx Pu-Xian Chinese Active csp Southern Ping Chinese Active czh Huizhou Chinese Active czo Min Zhong Chinese Active gan Gan Chinese Active hak Hakka Chinese Active hnm Hainanese Active hsn Xiang Chinese Active luh Leizhou Chinese Active lzh Literary Chinese Active mnp Min Bei Chinese Active nan Min Nan Chinese Active sjc Shaojiang Chinese Active wuu Wu Chinese Active yue Yue Chinese Active

Macrolanguage

Individual Languages

Identifier Reference Name zho Chinese

Identifier Reference Name Status cdo Min Dong Chinese Active cjy Jinyu Chinese Active cmn Mandarin Chinese Active cnp Northern Ping Chinese Active cpx Pu-Xian Chinese Active csp Southern Ping Chinese Active czh Huizhou Chinese Active czo Min Zhong Chinese Active gan Gan Chinese Active hak Hakka Chinese Active hnm Hainanese Active hsn Xiang Chinese Active luh Leizhou Chinese Active lzh Literary Chinese Active mnp Min Bei Chinese Active nan Min Nan Chinese Active sjc Shaojiang Chinese Active wuu Wu Chinese Active yue Yue Chinese Active

Change Request Number	Status	Effective Date	Change Type	Change Attribute	Old Value	New Value
2021-045	Adopted	2024-09-09	Update	Membership	Chinese	Update to include new members: [luh] Leizhou Chinese, [hnm] Hainanese
2019-059	Adopted	2024-09-09	Update	Membership	Chinese	Update to include new member: [sjc] Shaojiang Chinese
2019-065	Rejected	2020-01-23	Update	Membership	Chinese	update to delete retired codes:[czh] Huizhou Chinese, [hsn] Xiang Chinese, [nan] Min Nan Chinese, [wuu] Wu Chinese
2019-065	Rejected	2020-01-23	Update	Membership	Chinese	update to include new members: Shaojiang Min Chinese [sjc], Hainan Min Chinese [nzq], Leizhou Min Chinese [nzl], Datian Min Chinese [nzn], Chaoshan Min Chinese [nzc], Hokkien Chinese [nzh]
2019-065	Rejected	2020-01-23	Update	Membership	Chinese	update to add members: Jishe Hui Chinese [hcs], Xiuyi Hui Chinese [hcx], Qide Hui Chinese [hcq], Jingzhan Hui Chinese [hcj], Yanzhou Hui Chinese [hcy]
2019-065	Rejected	2020-01-23	Update	Membership	Chinese	update by addition of members: Taizhou Wu Chinese [wct], Wuzhou Wu Chinese [wcw], Xuanzhou Wu Chinese [wcx], Chuqu Wu Chinese [wcc], Oujiang Chinese [wco]
2019-065	Rejected	2020-01-23	Update	Membership	Chinese	update by addition of members: Chiangyi Xiang Chinese [cxc], Loushao Xiang Chinese [cxl], Jixu Xiang Chinese [cxj], Hengzhou Xiang Chinese [cxh], Yongquan Xiang Chinese [cxy]
2019-065	Adopted	2020-01-23	Update	Membership		update to include new members: Northern Pinghua [cnp] and Southern Pinghua [[csp]
2008-089	Adopted	2009-01-16	Update	Membership		add Literary Chinese [lzh] (proposed new code element) to macrolanguage membership