Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
China, Taiwan
Spain
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Not Available
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Gracias
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Cómo estás?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Buenos Días
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Por Favor
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Mexico
Dialect 2
Wu
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Cuba
Dialect 3
Yue
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Puerto Rico
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Español
Alternative Names
Not Available
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
chinois
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Chinesisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Han
Not Available
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sini1245
stan1288
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic