Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2320
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Salama!
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Misaotra
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Maraina tsara
Please
请 (Qǐng)
azafady
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Miala tsiny
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Veloma!
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Merina
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
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How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million18.00 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)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
chinois
malgache
German Name
Chinesisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Han
Malagasy people
Origin
1250 BC
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
standard Malagasy
Language Position
184
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zh
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
chi
mlg
ISO 639 3
zho
mlg
ISO 639 6
zho
mlg
Glottocode
sini1245
mala1537
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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