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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 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.
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
21
Rank: 18 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hangul
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Jeju
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
10,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Gyeongsang
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Hamgyŏng
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
77.00 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
1.14 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
77.00 million
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
한국어 (조선말)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
chinois
coréen
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Koreanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Han
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 1 (Overall)
12
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
ko
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
kor
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
kor
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
Kor
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
kore1280
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
45-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative

Chinese and Korean Alphabets

Chinese and Korean Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Korean. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters. To learn Chinese and Korean languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Korean languages. The Chinese phonology consist Chinese vowels and Chinese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chinese greetings vs Korean greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Korean are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chinese and Korean Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chinese and Korean Speaking population

Chinese and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Korean on Chinese vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Korean Language Codes

Chinese and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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