Countries
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
56
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2323
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Hola
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Gràcies
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Bona nit
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bon dia
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Sisplau
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Perdó!
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Adéu
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Caló
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Valencian
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Spain
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Spain
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
108
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million4.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
català
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
chinois
catalan; valencien
German Name
Chinesisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Han
Catalan people
History
Origin
1250 BC
c. 1028
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
zh
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
cat
ISO 639 2/B
chi
cat
ISO 639 3
zho
cat
ISO 639 6
zho
cat
Glottocode
sini1245
stan1289
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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