Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
New Zealand
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
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
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2620
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2310
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
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Hello
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Night pai
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Morning pai
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Tēnā
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Aroha mai
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
poroporoaki
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Mandarin
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
New Zealand Maori
French Name
chinois
maori
German Name
Chinesisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Han
Māori people
Origin
1250 BC
1814
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Maori
Language Position
126
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mri
ISO 639 2/B
chi
mao
ISO 639 3
zho
mri
ISO 639 6
zho
mri
Glottocode
sini1245
maor1246
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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