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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

335
0 46
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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

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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
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

524
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2123
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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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

225,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Wu

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
China, United States of America

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0080,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Yue

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0060,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18810
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million1,051.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %16.00 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million873.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million178.00 million
0.01 400
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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

31
1 120
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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

English vs Chinese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs Chinese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or Chinese language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.
  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: China, Taiwan.

You will also get to know the continents where English and Chinese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of Chinese language is 1. Find all the information about these languages on English and Chinese.

English and Chinese Language History

Comparison of English vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of English and Chinese language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Chinese Language History.

English and Chinese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Chinese language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common English Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Chinese Difficulty

The English vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.