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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
About Spanish L..
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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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
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1.10 Derived From
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Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
About Thai Lang..
24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
About Hmong Lan..
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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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
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
About Chinese L..
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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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
About Chinese L..
960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
225,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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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
About Chinese L..
80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
4,500,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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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
About Swedish L..
60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
188
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
About Chinese L..
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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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
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/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
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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
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Rank: 1 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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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
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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 and English Alphabets

Chinese and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and English. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Chinese and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and English languages. The Chinese phonology consist Chinese vowels and Chinese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chinese greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chinese and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and English dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chinese and English Speaking population

Chinese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and English on Chinese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and English Language Codes

Chinese and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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