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Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Ireland  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
13  
3

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
le do thoil  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Slán  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Connacht  

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

Dialect 2
Wu  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Munster  

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

Dialect 3
Yue  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Ulster  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
chinois  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Irish people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
c. 750  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
gle  

ISO 639 3
zho  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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All Chinese and Irish 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 Irish dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Irish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Irish Dialects are spoken in different Irish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Irish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Irish dialects include: Connacht Irish , Munster Irish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Irish Speaking population

Chinese and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish 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 Irish on Chinese vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Irish Language Codes

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

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