Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China, Taiwan
Haiti
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Cuba
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
247
0
32
👆🏻
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Bonjou
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Mèsi
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bon apre-midi
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Souple
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Dezole
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Babay
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Cayes
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
chinois
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Chinesisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Han
Haitians
Origin
1250 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Haitian Creole
Language Position
199
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
hat
ISO 639 2/B
chi
hat
ISO 639 3
zho
hat
ISO 639 6
zho
hat
Glottocode
sini1245
hait1244
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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