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中文 (Zhōngwén)

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Language NameChinese
Language Name (Local)中文 (Zhōngwén)
Language Code (ISO 639-1)zh
Language Code (ISO 639-2)zho
Language Code (ISO 639-3)zho
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What language is 'zh'?

Many people wants to know what language is 'zh'? The answer is that the zh language is Chinese and it is used in 5 countries. In many resources, you may also find that Chinese is also known as 中文 (Zhōngwén) in local language. Chinese has ISO 639 codes like zh (ISO 639-1), zho (ISO 639-2) and zho (ISO 639-3). The language ISO 639-1 is also used with a conjugation with a country code to create a locale code like zh-CN for China.