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Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
33  
2

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Hello  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Good Morning  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Please  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Sorry  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Bye  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
American English  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Wu  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
English  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
English  

French Name
chinois  
anglais  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Han  
English people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Standard English  

Language Position
1  
1
3  
3

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
eng  

ISO 639 3
zho  
eng  

ISO 639 6
zho  
engs  

Glottocode
sini1245  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Chinese and English Speaking population

Chinese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Chinese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and English Language Codes

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

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