Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
55
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2640
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2421
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2319
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Jeju
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
South Korea
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
South Korea
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
chinois
coréen
German Name
Chinesisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Han
Koreans
Origin
1250 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
112
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
kor
ISO 639 2/B
chi
kor
ISO 639 3
zho
Kor
ISO 639 6
zho
kor
Glottocode
sini1245
kore1280
Linguasphere
79-AAA
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative