1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
1.8 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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
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1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0060,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1,051.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million873.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating