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Countries

Countries

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

532
0 46
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National Language

China, Taiwan
France

Second Language

Republic of Brazil
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Indonesia, Malaysia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Japanese and Korean Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

246
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2320
9 60
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Scripts

Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

您好 (Nín hǎo)
bonjour

Thank You

谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Merci

How Are You?

你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bonjour

Please

请 (Qǐng)
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

遗憾 (Yíhàn)
désolé

Bye

再见 (Zàijiàn)
au revoir

I Love You

我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

劳驾 (Láojià)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mandarin
Quebec French

Where They Speak

China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

960,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Wu
African French

Where They Speak

China, United States of America
Africa

How Many People Speak

80,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yue
Swiss French

Where They Speak

China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

60,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,051.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

16.00 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

873.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

178.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

中文 (zhōngwén)
français

Alternative Names

Zhongwen, Hanyu
Français

French Name

chinois
français

German Name

Chinesisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Han
French people

History

Origin

1250 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Standard Chinese
Standard French

Language Position

113
1 120
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Signed Forms

Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zh
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zho
fra

ISO 639 2/B

chi
fre

ISO 639 3

zho
fra

ISO 639 6

zho
fras

Glottocode

sini1245
stan1290

Linguasphere

79-AAA
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Chinese and French Alphabets

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

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

Chinese and French Speaking population

Chinese and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and French languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Chinese vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and French Language Codes

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