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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2657
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
247
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2350
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)
Sawubona
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
unjani
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
bye
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Qwabe
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Ndebele
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
chinois
zoulou
German Name
Chinesisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Han
Zulu people
Origin
1250 BC
19
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Deep Zulu
Language Position
187
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
zul
ISO 639 2/B
chi
zul
ISO 639 3
zho
zul
ISO 639 6
zho
zul
Glottocode
sini1245
zulu1248
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUT-fg
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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