Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2625
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2320
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Halo
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Hvala
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Dober dan
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Dobro jutro
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Prosim
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Oprostite
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Nasvidenje
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Resian
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Italy
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Styrian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1048
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
chinois
slovène
German Name
Chinesisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Han
Slovenes
Origin
1250 BC
972-1093
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Slovene
Language Position
128
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
slv
ISO 639 2/B
chi
slv
ISO 639 3
zho
slv
ISO 639 6
zho
slv
Glottocode
sini1245
slov1268
Linguasphere
79-AAA
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional