Countries
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Total No. Of Countries
532
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
France
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Italian Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
246
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2320
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
66
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)
bonjour
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Merci
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bonjour
Please
请 (Qǐng)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
désolé
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
au revoir
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Excuse Moi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Quebec French
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
African French
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Africa
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Swiss French
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.001,800,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1025
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million76.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million87.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
français
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Français
French Name
chinois
français
German Name
Chinesisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Han
French people
History
Origin
1250 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard French
Language Position
113
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
zh
fr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
fra
ISO 639 2/B
chi
fre
ISO 639 3
zho
fra
ISO 639 6
zho
fras
Glottocode
sini1245
stan1290
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-i
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic