Languages of China on a Map

Are you an expert at Asian languages? If yes, then this quiz is for you. Below is a linguistic map of China, can you name all the languages below?
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Based on this map
Each language family is represented by a color theme, e.g. Sino-Tibetan is represented by red-orange-carmine
The language categorized under "Other" is a merger of two different language groups
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Last updated: June 9, 2021
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Sino-Tibetan
Amdo
Axi
Bai
Baima
Biyo
Cantonese
Central Min
Choni
Drung
Eastern Min
Gan
Groma
Gyalrong
Sino-Tibetan
Hakka
Hani
Honi
Huizhou
Jin
Lalo
Lhomi
Lipo
Lisu
Lolopo
Luoba
Mandarin
Nasu
Sino-Tibetan
Naxi
Nisu
Northern Min
Nuosu
Panang
Puxian
Qiang
Sherpa
Southern Min
Ü-Tsang
Wu
Xiang
Kra-Dai
Bouyei
Hlai
Kam
Lahu
Lu
Tai Nuea
Zhuang
 
Hmongic
Hmong
 
Indo-European
Wakhi
Mongolic
Buryat
Daur
Kalmyk
Mongolian
Monguor
 
Austroasiatic
Bugan
Riang
Wa
 
Koreanic
Korean
Tungusic
Evenki
Manchu
Oroqen
Xibe
 
Turkic
Kazakh
Kyrgyz
Salar
Uyghur
 
Other
Yugur
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22 Comments
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Level 70
Jun 2, 2021
bread back again with another svg quiz!
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Level 79
Jun 2, 2021
danke :sunglase:
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Level 70
Jun 2, 2021
Wow!
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Level 79
Jun 2, 2021
Tank :D
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Level 59
Jun 2, 2021
I am shocked to see how you made it in one day

(ʘ言ʘ╬)

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Level 79
Jun 2, 2021
Totally didn't make it during class, hehe. Thanks ;D
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Level 80
Jun 2, 2021
Fantastic and detailed! Worthy of a feature, so here's a nomination from me.
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Level 79
Jun 2, 2021
Thanks Fuse!
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Level 71
Jun 2, 2021
I was going to make a quiz like this, but with ethnicities. There might be a lot of overlap, although I think our quizzes would still be different. For example, based on the research I've done so far, a lot of these languages are ultimately offshoots/dialects of the same "Chinese" language (like Cantonese, Min, Hakka) and the speakers would still ultimately identify as "Han Chinese." There are also some distinct ethnicities that don't seem to be on here (possibly there are multiple groups that speak the same language but still identify separately).

Anyways, that being said, would you mind if I still go ahead and do my own "Ethnicities of China on a Map" quiz sometime in the future?

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Level 79
Jun 3, 2021
Do as you wish, I don't mind that

It'd be great to have more quizzes on those

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Level 71
Jun 3, 2021
Awesome, thanks!

Also, if you want to avoid giving away answers, it might be a good idea to hide the "Hmongic" and "Mongolic" labels (and maybe even "Sino-Tibetan").

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Level 79
Jun 7, 2021
I might update it a little later, thanks
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Level 63
Aug 21, 2023
And Koreanic too.
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Level 34
Oct 11, 2022
Chinese regional languages like Hakka and Cantonese are by no means 'dialects' of Standard Chinese, which in a lot of case would mean Mandarin. They evolved from different origins, resulted from mixing with different local ethnic groups and also evolved differently depending on what time Chinese languages have reached these places.
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Level 62
Nov 18, 2022
What about Santa? (Also known as Dongxiang or Sarta). Are you including that under one of the other Mongolic languages? I thought it would be separate.
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Level 72
Dec 22, 2022
How did I miss this quiz until now? The map is simply wonderful!
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Level 68
Jul 11, 2023
Yugur is a turkic language fyi
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Level 80
Oct 10, 2023
Western Yugur is. Eastern is Mongolic. For some reason people list them both as the same Yugur language.
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Level 52
Aug 18, 2023
After I typed the ones most people knew like mandarin,Cantonese,Hakka,I just started typing random Chinese Pinyin and got a few answers out of it haha
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Level 72
Jan 12, 2024
I think "Oirat" would be a better name for Kalmyk, to distinguish it from the Kalmyks in Russia.
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Level 34
Jun 11, 2024
Instead of putting Yugur in "other" you could instead separate it into Western Yugur (Turkic), and Eastern Yugur (Mongolic).
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Level 70
Mar 30, 2026
Your dotted line included Ishigaki Island which is a bit of wishful thinking for the Chinese