Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
China, Taiwan
Germany
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
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Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Danke
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
guten Tag
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
guten Morgen
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Verzeihung
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Swiss German
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Wu
Swabian German
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Germany
Dialect 3
Yue
Texas German
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Texas
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
chinois
allemand
German Name
Chinesisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Origin
1250 BC
6th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
79-AAA
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
All Chinese and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and German Speaking population
Chinese and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and German languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Chinese vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and German Language Codes
Chinese and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.