Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Iran
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2634
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
248
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2326
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Salam
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
chone tao?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
jawáin sawáh
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
bye
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Baluchi
French Name
chinois
baloutchi
German Name
Chinesisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Han
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1250 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Balochi
Language Position
139
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
bal
ISO 639 2/B
chi
bal
ISO 639 3
zho
bal
ISO 639 6
zho
bal
Glottocode
sini1245
balo1260
Linguasphere
79-AAA
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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