Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2624
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2321
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
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Habari
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Asante
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
请 (Qǐng)
tafadhali
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
pole
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
bye
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Kimrima
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Kimgao
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1012
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
chinois
swahili
German Name
Chinesisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Han
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1250 BC
6th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Swahili
Language Position
121
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
zh
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
swa
ISO 639 2/B
chi
swa
ISO 639 3
zho
swa
ISO 639 6
zho
swa
Glottocode
sini1245
swah1254
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUS-m
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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