Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
United States of America
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Apache Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2412
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2334
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
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
请 (Qǐng)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Nízhdził
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Navajo1
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Arizona
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Navajo2
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Navajo3
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Utah
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Navaho
French Name
chinois
navaho
German Name
Chinesisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Han
Navajo people
Origin
1250 BC
1500 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
-
Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Navajo
Language Position
129
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
nav
ISO 639 2/B
chi
nav
ISO 639 3
zho
nav
ISO 639 6
zho
nav
Glottocode
sini1245
nava1243
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic