Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Ireland
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2618
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2313
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
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
请 (Qǐng)
le do thoil
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Tá brón orm
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Slán
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Connacht
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Munster
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Ulster
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
chinois
irlandais moyen
German Name
Chinesisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Han
Irish people
Origin
1250 BC
c. 750
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
125
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
gle
ISO 639 2/B
chi
gle
ISO 639 3
zho
gle
ISO 639 6
zho
gle
Glottocode
sini1245
iris1253
Linguasphere
79-AAA
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional