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China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
- 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.
Japanese and Korean Languages
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
China, United States of America
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao