Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
246
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2315
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Khurumjari
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Nongale haugatl
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Saobiganu
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Chatcharage
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Loi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Pangal
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
chinois
Meithei
German Name
Chinesisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Han
Meithei people
Origin
1250 BC
1700
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mni
ISO 639 2/B
chi
mni
ISO 639 3
zho
mni
ISO 639 6
zho
mni
Glottocode
sini1245
mani1292
Linguasphere
79-AAA
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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