Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
248
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2316
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)
Kia ora
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Kia ora
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
请 (Qǐng)
gafare
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
gafare
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Saremde
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Taolende
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
108
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Mosse
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
chinois
moré
German Name
Chinesisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Han
Mossi
Origin
1250 BC
11th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Mossi
Language Position
137
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mos
ISO 639 2/B
chi
mos
ISO 639 3
zho
mos
ISO 639 6
zho
mos
Glottocode
sini1245
moss1236
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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