Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Pakistan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
India
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
-
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2652
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2410
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2340
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
请 (Qǐng)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
معاف کرنا
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
الوداع
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Dakhini
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
India
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Rekhta
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
South Asia
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Bihari
French Name
chinois
ourdou
German Name
Chinesisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Han
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
1250 BC
12th Century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
urd
ISO 639 2/B
chi
urd
ISO 639 3
zho
urd
ISO 639 6
zho
urd
Glottocode
sini1245
urdu1245
Linguasphere
79-AAA
59-AAF-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional