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Chinese vs Chinese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
5   
10

National Language
China, Taiwan   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
24   
19

How Many Consonants
23   
13
23   
13

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Wu   
Wu   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Yue   
Yue   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
chinois   
chinois   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Han   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
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Branch
Not Available   
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
1   
1
1   
1

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
chi   

ISO 639 3
zho   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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