1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.7 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.9 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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1.11 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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.12 Similar To
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Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.13 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
4.1.2 How Many Consonants
4.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali
4.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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4.6 Hard to Learn
4.6.1 Language Levels
5.1.1 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
6.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Yamna nungaijare
6.3 How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
6.5 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Athengba Ahing
6.6 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
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6.7 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
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6.8 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Nongale haugatl
6.9 Please
6.10 Sorry
6.11 Bye
6.12 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Eina nangbu nungsi
6.13 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
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7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Burma, Laos
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
7.2 Dialect 2
7.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
7.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
8.4 Dialect 3
8.4.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
8.4.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.001,250,000.00
1400
96000000
9.8 Total No. Of Dialects
10 How Many People Speak
10.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
10.2 Speaking Population
10.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
10.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 millionNA
0.01
400
10.3.2 Native Name
10.3.3 Alternative Names
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Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
10.3.4 French Name
10.3.5 German Name
10.4 Pronunciation
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10.5 Ethnicity
11 History
11.1 Origin
11.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
11.2.1 Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
11.2.2 Branch
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11.3 Language Forms
11.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
11.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Meithei
11.3.3 Language Position
11.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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11.4 Scope
12 Code
12.1 ISO 639 1
12.2 ISO 639 2
12.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
12.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
12.3 ISO 639 3
12.4 ISO 639 6
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12.5 Glottocode
12.6 Linguasphere
12.7 Types of Language
12.7.1 Language Type
12.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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12.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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