Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
248
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2329
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Silaw
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Sipas
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Bayanit bash
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bibûre
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
chinois
kurde
German Name
Chinesisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Han
Kurds
Origin
1250 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Kurdish
Language Position
114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zh
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
kur
ISO 639 2/B
chi
kur
ISO 639 3
zho
kur
ISO 639 6
zho
kur
Glottocode
sini1245
kurd1259
Linguasphere
79-AAA
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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