Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
55
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2674
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2414
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2360
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
69
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
请 (Qǐng)
thov
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Nyob zoo
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Laos
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
China
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million3.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Mong
French Name
chinois
hmong
German Name
Chinesisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Han
Hmong people
Origin
1250 BC
19
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
-
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Hmong
Language Position
124
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
chi
hmn
ISO 639 3
zho
hmv
ISO 639 6
zho
hmn
Glottocode
sini1245
firs1234
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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