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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
5  
10

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Thank you  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Please  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Sorry  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Bye  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
I love you  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Yue  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
English  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
English  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
anglais  
chinois  

German Name
Englisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Han  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
3  
3
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
chi  

ISO 639 3
eng  
zho  

ISO 639 6
engs  
zho  

Glottocode
stan1293  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All English and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of English and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Chinese Speaking population

English and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Chinese on English vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Chinese Language Codes

English and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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