Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Philippines
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Commission on the Filipino 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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2632
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
246
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2320
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Kablaaw
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
请 (Qǐng)
mangngegda
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Agpakawanak
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Pakada
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Balangao
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Bontoc
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Philippines
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Not present
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Not present
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
chinois
ilocano
German Name
Chinesisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Han
Ilocano people
Origin
1250 BC
18th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
194
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
chi
ilo
ISO 639 3
zho
ilo
ISO 639 6
zho
ilo
Glottocode
sini1245
ilok1237
Linguasphere
79-AAA
31-CBA-a
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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