The Languages and Writing Systems of East Asia

Country	Language	Script
China ( Mandarin Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo, People's Republic of China)	Chinese(Mandarin) is the state language and is spoken in 21 provinces. In the Northern provinces, Manchu and Korean; in Yunnan province, Lolo, Tai and Moso; in Kweichow and Kwantung province, Yao . Distinct languages and scripts are used in the 5 autonomous regions: Mongolian, Chuang, Chinese, Uighur and Kazakh, Tibetan.	Chinese (written language is common to all dialects); Arabic, Moso, Lolo, Uighur
Hongkong, Mandarin Xianggang (British crown colony)	Chinese (Cantonese) and English are widely spoken.	Chinese, Latin
Japan ( Nihon or Nippon)	Japanese	Kanji, Kana
Korea (Choson Minjujuwi Inmingonhwaguk) (North)	Korean	Korean
Korea (Tehan Minguk) (South)	Korean, English	Korean, Latin
Mongolia (Republic of)	The majority of the population speaks Khalkha Mongolian; there are also minorities of Oirat Mongols, Kazakhs, Chinese, and Russians	Cyrillic, Mongolian, Chinese
Taiwan (Republic of China)	Mandarin, Fujianese (Amoy), and Hakka dialects, also Kiaoshan (Malayan).	Chinese