1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional