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David Bradley

Introduction: language policy and language endangerment in China

1. Who are the nationalities of China?

The current government of the People’s Republic of China has recognized 56 nationalities of China. This includes the Han Chinese majority, so-called from the name of two dynasties, which ruled from 206 B.C. to A.D. 220, and 55 national minorities. Each of the national minorities has one or more distinct languages.

International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0165-2516
Volume: 2005, 05/2005
Pages: 1 - 21

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