Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
South Africa
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2410
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2343
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Molo
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Unjani
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Molo
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ndicela
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Thembu
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
South Africa
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Hlubi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
South Africa
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
109
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
chinois
xhosa
German Name
Chinesisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Han
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1250 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
isiXhosa
Language Position
121
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
xho
ISO 639 2/B
chi
xho
ISO 639 3
zho
xho
ISO 639 6
zho
xho
Glottocode
sini1245
xhos1239
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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