Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Somalia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Yemen
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Hello
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Fadlan
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
sorry
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Benaadir
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
chinois
somali
German Name
Chinesisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Han
Somalis
Origin
1250 BC
19th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Somali
Language Position
183
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
som
ISO 639 2/B
chi
som
ISO 639 3
zho
som
ISO 639 6
zho
som
Glottocode
sini1245
soma1255
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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