Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
China
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Uzbek Language
Derived From
-
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
249
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2327
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
rakhmat
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
请 (Qǐng)
birdam
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
kachurung
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Khayr khosh
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Turpan
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
China
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Hotan
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
China
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
China
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0025,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
107
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million10.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
chinois
ouïgour
German Name
Chinesisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Han
Uyghur
Origin
1250 BC
11
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Uyghur
Language Position
198
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Uyghur
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
zh
ug
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
uig
ISO 639 2/B
chi
uig
ISO 639 3
zho
uig
ISO 639 6
zho
uig
Glottocode
sini1245
uigh1240
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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