Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2412
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2332
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
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
sannu
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
gode ku
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
yaya dai
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
barka da rana
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
mai kyau safe
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Don Allah
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
yi hakuri
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
sai anjima
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Gaananci
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Niger
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Daragaram
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Niger
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1020
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
chinois
haoussa
German Name
Chinesisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Han
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1250 BC
14
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Hausa
Language Position
134
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
hau
ISO 639 2/B
chi
hau
ISO 639 3
zho
hau
ISO 639 6
zho
hau
Glottocode
sini1245
haus1257
Linguasphere
79-AAA
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional