Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Malta
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2630
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
246
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2324
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Ħello
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Grazzi
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kif int?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Skużani!
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Ċaw
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Qormi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Malta
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Żejtun
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Malta
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Not Present
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
-
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Malti
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Malti
French Name
chinois
maltais
German Name
Chinesisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Han
Maltese
Origin
1250 BC
c. 1470
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Maltese
Language Position
125
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
chi
mlt
ISO 639 3
zho
mlt
ISO 639 6
zho
mlt
Glottocode
sini1245
malt1254
Linguasphere
79-AAA
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic