Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
India
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2642
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2411
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2331
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Baleswari
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
India
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Ganjami
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Kosli
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
India
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
108
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
chinois
oriya
German Name
Chinesisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Han
Odias
Origin
1250 BC
3 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Odia
Language Position
132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zh
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
ori
ISO 639 2/B
chi
ori
ISO 639 3
zho
ori
ISO 639 6
zho
ori
Glottocode
sini1245
macr1269
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
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