Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Japan
National Language
China, Taiwan
Japan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Palau
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
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Korean Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Sanuki
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Kagawa
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
kansai
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
日本語
Alternative Names
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French Name
chinois
japonais
German Name
Chinesisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
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/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Han
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Japanese
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
nucl1643
Linguasphere
79-AAA
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Chinese and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Japanese Speaking population
Chinese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Chinese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Japanese Language Codes
Chinese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.