Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2652
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2416
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2336
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Kokan
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Varhadi
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1042
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
chinois
marathe
German Name
Chinesisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Han
Marathi people
Origin
1250 BC
10th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Marathi
Language Position
117
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mar
ISO 639 2/B
chi
mar
ISO 639 3
zho
mar
ISO 639 6
zho
mar
Glottocode
sini1245
mara1378
Linguasphere
79-AAA
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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