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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
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Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2628
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2323
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Kumusta
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Salamat
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kumusta
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
magandang gabi
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Magandang umaga
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Mangyaring
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Paalam
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Bikol
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Philippines
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Waray
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Philippines
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
108
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %1.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million45.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
filipino
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Pilipino
French Name
chinois
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Chinesisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Han
Filipino 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
Filipino
Language Position
134
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
fil
ISO 639 2/B
chi
fil
ISO 639 3
zho
fil
ISO 639 6
zho
fil
Glottocode
sini1245
fili1244
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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