Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks
Rank: 19 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
chinois
German Name
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Han
Origin
1250 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Language Position
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
ISO 639 2/B
chi
ISO 639 3
zho
ISO 639 6
zho
Glottocode
sini1245
Linguasphere
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating