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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
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Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
您好
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
早上好
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
遗憾
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
再见
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
chinois
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5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
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5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
Han
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6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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6.4 Scope
Individual
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7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
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7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
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7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
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7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Cantonese Alphabets

Chinese and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Cantonese. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Chinese and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chinese and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chinese and Cantonese Speaking population

Chinese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Chinese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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