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Chinese vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
5  
10

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Spain  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Gràcies  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Bona nit  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Sisplau  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Perdó!  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Adéu  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
T'estimo  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Spain  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Spain  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
català  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Not Available  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
chinois  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Han  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
chi  

ISO 639 3
cat  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Catalan and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Chinese language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Chinese Language History.

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Catalan 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 Catalan and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Chinese language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Catalan vs Chinese Difficulty

The Catalan vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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