Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
50
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2643
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2411
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2334
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
India
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1013
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
chinois
bhojpuri
German Name
Chinesisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Han
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
1250 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Bhojpuri
Language Position
137
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
bho
ISO 639 2/B
chi
bho
ISO 639 3
zho
bho
ISO 639 6
zho
bho
Glottocode
sini1245
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
79-AAA
59-AAF-sa
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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