Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Iran
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
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Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
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Similar To
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Persian
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Luri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, NA
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
hello
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
how are you
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good night
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good evening
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Good morning
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Please
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
sorry
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
i love you
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
excuse me
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Feyli lurish
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Bakhtiari
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
3,000,000.00
  
18
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Laki
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
1,000,000.00
  
20
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
0.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
0.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
89.00 million
  
10
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
nanme
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lori, Luri, Luristani
  
French Name
chinois
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Lurs
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
gd
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
gd
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
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ISO 639 1
zh
  
12
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
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ISO 639 3
zho
  
12
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
sini1245
  
12
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
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Chinese and Luri Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Luri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Luri language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Luri word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Luri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Luri Difficulty
The Chinese vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Luri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.