Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Vietnam
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Czech Republic
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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2412
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Xin chào
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Cam on
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
请 (Qǐng)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Xin lỗi
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
105
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
chinois
vietnamien
German Name
Chinesisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Han
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
1250 BC
c. 1440
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
vie
ISO 639 2/B
chi
vie
ISO 639 3
zho
vie
ISO 639 6
zho
vie
Glottocode
sini1245
viet1252
Linguasphere
79-AAA
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating