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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
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Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
46
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
bye
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
8.30 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
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5.3.3 Alternative Names
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Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
chinois
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
Han
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6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
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Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
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6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
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6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 1 (Overall)
107
Rank: 67 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Shona Alphabets

Chinese and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Shona. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Chinese and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Shona languages. The Chinese phonology consist Chinese vowels and Chinese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chinese greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chinese and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chinese and Shona Speaking population

Chinese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Shona on Chinese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Shona Language Codes

Chinese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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