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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (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)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
52 weeks
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
sorry
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Gabon, Standard Somali
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
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Standard Somali
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)
3
Rank: 3 (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)
13.00 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
8.00 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
chinois
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Han
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
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1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
83
Rank: 55 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Somali Alphabets

Chinese and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Somali. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Chinese and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chinese and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chinese and Somali Speaking population

Chinese and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available. 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 Somali on Chinese vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Somali Language Codes

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

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