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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
51
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2653
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2410
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2343
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
63
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Molo
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Molo
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
109
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million20.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
16.00 %0.11 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million8.20 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 million11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
chinois
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Han
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
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Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
1NA
Persian
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Xhosa Alphabets

Chinese and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Xhosa. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Chinese and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Xhosa languages. The Chinese phonology consist Chinese vowels and Chinese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chinese greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chinese and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chinese and Xhosa Speaking population

Chinese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Chinese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Xhosa Language Codes

Chinese and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.