Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Myanmar
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Mon
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2412
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2333
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Arakanese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Intha
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Burma
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
105
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
chinois
birman
German Name
Chinesisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Han
Bamar people
Origin
1250 BC
1113 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Burmese
Language Position
143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mya
ISO 639 2/B
chi
bur
ISO 639 3
zho
mya
ISO 639 6
zho
mya
Glottocode
sini1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating