Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Philippines
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2625
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2318
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Kamusta
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Salamat po
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Magandang umaga po
Please
请 (Qǐng)
pakiusap
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Paálam
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Bisalog
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Philippines
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Filipino
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Philippines
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million28.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
chinois
tagalog
German Name
Chinesisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Han
Tagalog people
Origin
1250 BC
1593
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Filipino
Language Position
158
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
chi
tgl
ISO 639 3
zho
tg1
ISO 639 6
zho
tgl
Glottocode
sini1245
taga1269
Linguasphere
79-AAA
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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