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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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
hola
  
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
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
triste
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
adiós
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
89.50 million
  
9
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
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
zh
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic