Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
scusate
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Italiano
  
French Name
chinois
  
italien
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Italians
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic