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Countries

Countries

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

533
0 46
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National Language

China, Taiwan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Republic of Brazil
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Indonesia, Malaysia
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Japanese and Korean Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

245
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

您好 (Nín hǎo)
Hello

Thank You

谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Thank you

How Are You?

你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
How are you?

Good Night

晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Night

Good Evening

晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

早安 (Zǎo ān)
Good Morning

Please

请 (Qǐng)
Please

Sorry

遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Sorry

Bye

再见 (Zàijiàn)
Bye

I Love You

我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
I love you

Excuse Me

劳驾 (Láojià)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mandarin
American English

Where They Speak

China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
United States of America

How Many People Speak

960,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Wu
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

China, United States of America
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

80,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yue
Welsh English

Where They Speak

China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

60,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

10188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,051.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

16.00 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

873.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

178.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

中文 (zhōngwén)
English

Alternative Names

Zhongwen, Hanyu
English

French Name

chinois
anglais

German Name

Chinesisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Han
English people

History

Origin

1250 BC
5th Century AD

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Standard Chinese
Standard English

Language Position

13
1 120
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Signed Forms

Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zh
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zho
eng

ISO 639 2/B

chi
eng

ISO 639 3

zho
eng

ISO 639 6

zho
engs

Glottocode

sini1245
stan1293

Linguasphere

79-AAA
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Chinese vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Chinese vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Chinese or English language.

  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: China, Taiwan.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Chinese and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Chinese language is 1 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Chinese and English.

Chinese and English Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and English language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and English Language History.

Chinese and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and English language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs English Difficulty

The Chinese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.