Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China, Taiwan
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2638
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
246
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2332
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
-
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
chinois
arménien
German Name
Chinesisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Han
Armenians
Origin
1250 BC
late 5th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
hye
ISO 639 2/B
chi
arm
ISO 639 3
zho
hye
ISO 639 6
zho
hye
Glottocode
sini1245
arme1241
Linguasphere
79-AAA
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic