25th Edition
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: northwest; Guizhou province; Hubei province: except southeast corner; Hunan province: northwest; Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Widespread north of Changjiang river, from Jiujiang (Jiangxi) to Zhenjiang (Jiangsu).
Taught as subject in some primary and secondary schools.
Taught as subject in primary and secondary schools, increasingly used. Taught in some tertiary schools.
Taught in tertiary schools.
Taught in all primary and secondary schools. Taught in tertiary schools.
Taught as subject in some primary schools.
Taught as subject in secondary schools.
Taught in primary schools. Taught as subject in secondary schools.
Literacy rate in L2: High literacy rate in Halh, or Mandarin.
Literacy rate in L1: 65% (2001 census). Taught in all primary schools in early grades only. Taught as subject in secondary schools.
Taught as subject in primary and secondary schools.
Taught as subject in some secondary schools.
