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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Roman Empire
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
1.8 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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Armenian
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
24
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
About Armenian ..
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
γεια σας (geia sas)
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
αντίο (antío)
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Cappadocian Greek
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Greece
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2,800.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Griko
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Italy
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
50,000.00
Rank: 38 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Mariupol
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Ukraine
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0.18 %
Rank: 46 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
About Chinese L..
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ελληνικά
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
5.3.4 French Name
chinois
grec moderne (après 1453)
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Neugriechisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
5.5 Ethnicity
Han
Greeks or Hellenes
6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
1500 BC
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Greek
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 1 (Overall)
74
Rank: 52 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Greek Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
el
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
ell
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
gre
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
ell
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
gree1276
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
56-AAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Chinese and Greek Alphabets

Chinese and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Greek. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Chinese and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Chinese and Greek Speaking population

Chinese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Chinese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Greek Language Codes

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

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