Standard Chinese
Modern Standard Mandarin 普通话 / 普通話, Pǔtōnghuà 国语 / 國語, Guóyǔ 华语 / 華語, Huáyǔ
Native to	China  Hong Kong  Macau  Taiwan  Singapore
Native speakers	(Has begun acquiring native speakers cited 1988, 2014) L2 speakers: 7% of China (2014)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Mandarin Beijing dialect Standard Chinese
Early forms:	Middle Mandarin Standard Chinese
Writing system	Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Mainland Chinese Braille Taiwanese Braille Two-Cell Chinese Braille
Official status
Official language in	China (as Putonghua)  Taiwan (de facto; as Guoyu)  Singapore (as Huayu)  United Nations Shanghai Cooperation Organisation  Myanmar (Wa State)
Regulated by	National Language Regulating Committee (China) National Languages Committee (Taiwan) Promote Mandarin Council (Singapore) Chinese Language Standardisation Council (Malaysia)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ISO 639-6	goyu (Guoyu) huyu (Huayu) cosc (Putonghua)
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Standard Chinese, or Standard Mandarin, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan and is one of the four official languages of Singapore. It is based off the Mandarin dialect and should not be confused with other varieties of Chinese.