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漢語/汉语 means the language(s) and dialects spoken (and written) by Han people.
漢語/汉语 means the language(s) and dialects spoken (and written) by Han people.


中文 means the language(s) and dialects written (and spoken) by Chinese, and may also by minority. This 中 is ambiguous, because it originally means "central", may refer to Han or Chinese of all ethnic groups, People's Republic of China or Republic of China or the whole China.
中文 means the language(s) and dialects written (and spoken) by Chinese, and may also by minority. This 中 is ambiguous, because it may refer to Han or Chinese of all ethnic groups, People's Republic of China or Republic of China or the whole China.

Revision as of 17:30, 30 May 2017

Seeing the two words, people usually consider them to be the same, but they actually have different meaing.

漢語/汉语 means the language(s) and dialects spoken (and written) by Han people.

中文 means the language(s) and dialects written (and spoken) by Chinese, and may also by minority. This 中 is ambiguous, because it may refer to Han or Chinese of all ethnic groups, People's Republic of China or Republic of China or the whole China.