Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
56
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
South 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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2326
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
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Solpayki
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Allillanchu
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Allin tuta
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Wuynus diyas
Please
请 (Qǐng)
jamuspa
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Pampachaykuway
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
bye
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Ancash
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Peru
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Huánuco
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Peru
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Yaru
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Peru
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1010
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
chinois
quechua
German Name
Chinesisch
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Han
Quechua
Origin
1250 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
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Andean Equatorial
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Quechua
Language Position
123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zh
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
que
ISO 639 2/B
chi
que
ISO 639 3
zho
que
ISO 639 6
zho
que
Glottocode
sini1245
quec1387
Linguasphere
79-AAA
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic