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Esperanto and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Taiwan  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
27  
17

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Halo  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Mi petas  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
chinois  
espéranto  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
1887  

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  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Esperanto  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
epo  

ISO 639 3
zho  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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All Chinese and Esperanto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Esperanto dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Esperanto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Esperanto Dialects are spoken in different Esperanto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Esperanto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Esperanto Speaking population

Chinese and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Esperanto on Chinese vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Esperanto Language Codes

Chinese and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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