Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Israel
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Poland
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2622
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
240
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2322
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Israel
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Israel
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
107
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million4.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
chinois
hébreu
German Name
Chinesisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Han
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
1250 BC
1000 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
heb
ISO 639 2/B
chi
heb
ISO 639 3
zho
heb
ISO 639 6
zho
heb
Glottocode
sini1245
hebr1246
Linguasphere
79-AAA
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic