Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
249
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2341
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Pothohari
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Saraiki
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Doabi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1030
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
chinois
pendjabi
German Name
Chinesisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Han
Punjabis
Origin
1250 BC
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
zh
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
pan
ISO 639 2/B
chi
pan
ISO 639 3
zho
pan
ISO 639 6
zho
panj
Glottocode
sini1245
panj1256
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional