Countries
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Total No. Of Countries
546
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Spain
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2322
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
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
hola
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Gracias
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Cómo estás?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Buenos Días
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Por Favor
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
triste
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
adiós
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Discúlpeme
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Mexico
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Cuba
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.003,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million489.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %6.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million410.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million89.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Español
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
chinois
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Chinesisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Han
Spanish people
History
Origin
1250 BC
210 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
12
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
zh
es
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
spa
ISO 639 2/B
chi
spa
ISO 639 3
zho
spa
ISO 639 6
zho
spa
Glottocode
sini1245
stan1288
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic