Language Quick Facts

 

English:

Number of native speakers:	Approximately 340 - 380 million
Widely spoken in:	Canada United States United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Ireland India Kenya Malaysia Nigeria Philippines Singapore South Africa
Language family:	Indo-European > Germanic > West-Germanic > Anglo-Frisian > Anglic
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Language codes:	ISO 639-1: en ISO 639-2: eng

Chinese:

Number of native speakers:	Approximately 1.2 - 1.3 billion
Widely spoken in:	Mainland China Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Singapore Malaysia
Language family:	Sino-Tibetan
Writing system:	Chinese characters
Language codes:	ISO 639-1: zh ISO 639-2: chi (B), zho (T)

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