Traditional Chinese
zh-Hant · 繁體中文
Traditional Chinese (zh-Hant) is written in the Traditional script and has an estimated 39.1M speakers. It is an official language in Macao SAR China, Hong Kong SAR China, and Taiwan.
Native name繁體中文
ScriptTraditionalHant
Speakers39.1Mestimated
Countries15
Locales0
Plural forms1other
Overview
- Code
- zh-Hant
- Native name
- 繁體中文
- Script
- Traditional Hant
- Likely region
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
- Locales
- None
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | Official | 98% |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | Official | 95% |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | Official | 95% |
| 🇧🇳 Brunei | 11% | |
| 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 7.8% | |
| 🇬🇫 French Guiana | 2.5% | |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 2.1% | |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1.8% | |
| 🇸🇷 Suriname | 1.1% | |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1.1% | |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 0.92% | |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 0.73% | |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 0.69% | |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 0.3% | |
| 🇵🇦 Panama | 0.13% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| other | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, … |