Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
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
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Bwakeye
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Urakoze
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Mwaramutse
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ndasubiza
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
N’agasaga
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Ha
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Shubi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
chinois
rundi
German Name
Chinesisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Han
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1250 BC
1500
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Kirundi
Language Position
186
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
zh
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
run
ISO 639 2/B
chi
run
ISO 639 3
zho
run
ISO 639 6
zho
run
Glottocode
sini1245
rund1242
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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