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Chinese Language



Countries
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Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan 0

Total No. Of Countries
5 10

National Language
China, Taiwan 0

Second Language
Republic of Brazil 0

Speaking Continents
Asia 0

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia 0

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council 0

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.
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Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets
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Alphabets in
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Alphabets
26 8

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
24 19

How Many Consonants
23 13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom 0

Hard to Learn
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Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks 13

Greetings
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo) 0

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè) 0

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?) 0

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān) 0

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo) 0

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo) 0

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān) 0

Please
请 (Qǐng) 0

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn) 0

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn) 0

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ) 0

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià) 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Mandarin 0

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan 0

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00 1

Dialect 2
Wu 0

Where They Speak
China, United States of America 0

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00 1

Dialect 3
Yue 0

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam 0

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00 2

Total No. Of Dialects
10 10

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million 2

Speaking Population
16.00 % 2

Native Speakers
873.00 million 1

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million 3

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén) 0

Alternative Names
Not Available 0

French Name
chinois 0

German Name
Chinesisch 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Han 0

History
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Origin
1250 BC 0

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family 0

Subgroup
Not Available 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese 0

Language Position
1 1

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan)) 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
zh 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
zho 0

ISO 639 2/B
chi 0

ISO 639 3
zho 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
sini1245 0

Linguasphere
79-AAA 0

Types of Language
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Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object 0

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating 0

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Origin of Chinese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Chinese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Chinese language states that it was put to use in 1250 BC. The history of Chinese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Chinese Language History. Chinese has no early forms. Standard Chinese is the standard form of Chinese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Chinese Language.

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Chinese population

Chinese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Chinese language. Chinese language is spoken by 1,051.00 million people in the world. Most of the Chinese population lies in the Chinese Speaking Countries. Chinese language is spoken as first language by 873.00 million people and as second language by about 178.00 million people. Get to know Chinese speaking population in detail.

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Chinese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Chinese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Chinese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Chinese Characters and derivatives script is used by Chinese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Chinese language

Check out all the information about Chinese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Chinese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Chinese Speaking Countries, Chinese speaking continents and Chinese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Chinese countries knowing common Chinese Greetings will help you in communicating with Chinese people.

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