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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
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
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
335
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
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
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2626
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
524
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2123
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
76
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks88 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
Please
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
I love you
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Mandarin
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00960,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Wu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0080,000,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Yue
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0060,000,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
18810
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million1,051.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %16.00 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million873.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 million178.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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5.3.4 French Name
anglais
chinois
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Han
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
1250 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
31
Persian
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
zh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
zho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
chi
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
zho
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
sini1245
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
79-AAA
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

English vs Chinese Speaking Countries

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

  • 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.
  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: China, Taiwan.

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

English and Chinese Language History

Comparison of English vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of English and Chinese language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 English and Chinese Language History.

English and Chinese 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 English and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Chinese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common English Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Chinese Difficulty

The English vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Chinese 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 English and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.