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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
533
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
South Africa
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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
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1.10 Derived From
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Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2626
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
245
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2321
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
67
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks6 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Good Morning
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
Please
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Sorry
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Bye
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00225,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
80,000,000.004,500,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
60,000,000.002,500,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
10188
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1,200.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
16.00 %5.43 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
873.00 million400.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
178.00 million400.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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5.3.4 French Name
chinois
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Han
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6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
13
Persian
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
52-ABA
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
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Chinese vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Chinese vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Chinese or English language.

  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: China, Taiwan.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Chinese and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Chinese language is 1 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Chinese and English.

Chinese and English Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and English language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and English Language History.

Chinese and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and English language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs English Difficulty

The Chinese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.