Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2651
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2416
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2335
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Namaskara
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
yedde kaande
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Barpe
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Jain
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Girijan
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
chinois
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German Name
Chinesisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Han
Tuluva
Origin
1250 BC
14
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Tulu
Language Position
123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
chi
tul
ISO 639 3
zho
tcy
ISO 639 6
zho
tcy
Glottocode
sini1245
tulu1258
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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