Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Nigeria
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2412
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2317
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
e dupe
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
e kaasan
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
e kaaro
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Jowo
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
binu
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
bye
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Ede
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1020
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
chinois
yoruba
German Name
Chinesisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Han
Yoruba people
Origin
1250 BC
4 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Yorùbá
Language Position
149
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
yor
ISO 639 2/B
chi
yor
ISO 639 3
zho
yor
ISO 639 6
zho
yor
Glottocode
sini1245
yoru1245
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating