Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Philippines
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2316
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Hoy
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Salamat
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Maayong Buntag
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Palihug
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Babay
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Boholano
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Bohol
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
North Kana
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
chinois
cebuano
German Name
Chinesisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Han
Cebuano people
Origin
1250 BC
16th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
162
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
chi
ceb
ISO 639 3
zho
ceb
ISO 639 6
zho
ceb
Glottocode
sini1245
cebu1242
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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