Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Zambia
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2318
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
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Moni
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Zikomo
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Chonde
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
pepani
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kasungu
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
105
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
chinois
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Chinesisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Han
Chewa people
Origin
1250 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Chewa
Language Position
127
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
nya
ISO 639 2/B
chi
nya
ISO 639 3
zho
nya
ISO 639 6
zho
nya
Glottocode
sini1245
nyan1308
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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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