Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
chinois
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available