Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Latvia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
249
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2324
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Sveiki
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Paldies
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Labdien
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Labrīt
Please
请 (Qǐng)
lūdzu
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Piedodiet!
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Livonian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Latvia
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
High Latvian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Lettish
French Name
chinois
letton
German Name
Chinesisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Han
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1250 BC
1530
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Latvian
Language Position
19
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zh
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
lav
ISO 639 2/B
chi
lav
ISO 639 3
zho
lav
ISO 639 6
zho
lav
Glottocode
sini1245
latv1249
Linguasphere
79-AAA
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic