Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2651
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2411
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2340
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Chakma
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Hajong
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Rarhi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
India
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1025
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
chinois
bengali
German Name
Chinesisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Han
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1250 BC
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Bengali
Language Position
14
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
ben
ISO 639 2/B
chi
ben
ISO 639 3
zho
ben
ISO 639 6
zho
ben
Glottocode
sini1245
beng1280
Linguasphere
79-AAA
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
-