639 Identifier Documentation: lzh

Literary Chinese [lzh]

Identifier Language Name(s) Status Code Sets Scope Language Type Denotations
lzh Literary Chinese Active 639-3 Individual Historical Ethnologue, Glottolog, Wikipedia

Literary Chinese is a member of the macrolanguage Chinese.

Macrolanguage Individual Languages
Identifier Reference Name
zho Chinese
Identifier Reference Name Status
cdo Min Dong Chinese Active
cjy Jinyu Chinese Active
cmn Mandarin Chinese Active
cpx Pu-Xian Chinese Active
czh Huizhou Chinese Active
czo Min Zhong Chinese Active
gan Gan Chinese Active
hak Hakka Chinese Active
hsn Xiang Chinese Active
lzh Literary Chinese Active
mnp Min Bei Chinese Active
nan Min Nan Chinese Active
wuu Wu Chinese Active
yue Yue Chinese Active
cnp Northern Ping Chinese Active
csp Southern Ping Chinese Active

Code Change History

Change Request Number Effective Date Change Type New Value
2008-089 2009-01-16 Create Literary Chinese