Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2317
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
bye
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million11.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
chinois
kazakh
German Name
Chinesisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Han
Kazahks
Origin
1250 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Kazakh
Language Position
193
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
chi
kaz
ISO 639 3
zho
kaz
ISO 639 6
zho
kaz
Glottocode
sini1245
kaza1248
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative