Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Galicia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2623
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
247
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2319
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
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks28 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Ola
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Grazas
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Que tal estás?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Boas noites
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Boa tarde
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bos días
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Por favor
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Síntoo!
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Adeus
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ámote
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Central Galician
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Western Galician
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Galego
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Galego, Gallego
French Name
chinois
galicien
German Name
Chinesisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Han
Galician people
Origin
1250 BC
c. 1175
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Galician
Language Position
146
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
glg
ISO 639 2/B
chi
glg
ISO 639 3
zho
glg
ISO 639 6
zho
glg
Glottocode
sini1245
gali1258
Linguasphere
79-AAA
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
-