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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 10 (Overall)
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
    Not Available
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    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)
    24
    Rank: 6 (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
    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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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    88 weeks
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    您好 (Nín hǎo)
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    谢谢 (Xièxiè)
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    早安 (Zǎo ān)
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    请 (Qǐng)
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    遗憾 (Yíhàn)
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    再见 (Zàijiàn)
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    劳驾 (Láojià)
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Mandarin
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
    Zanzibar island
    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
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    China, United States of America
    Dar es Salaam
    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
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    60,000,000.00
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    10
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
    12
    Rank: 12 (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)
    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (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)
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (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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    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    chinois
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Chinesisch
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    Not Available
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    5.5 Ethnicity
    Han
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    1250 BC
    6th 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
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Standard Chinese
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
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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, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    zh
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    zho
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    chi
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    zho
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    sini1245
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    79-AAA
    99-AUS-m
    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 Swahili Alphabets

    Chinese and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Swahili. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Chinese and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Chinese and Swahili Speaking population

    Chinese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Chinese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Chinese and Swahili Language Codes

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

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