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German and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
7   
8

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Germany   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
9   
1

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
hallo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Danke   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
guten Morgen   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
bitte   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Verzeihung   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Tschüs   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Wu   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Yue   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
chinois   
allemand   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Germans   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
1   
1
9   
9

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
ger   

ISO 639 3
zho   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
sini1245   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Chinese and German 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 Chinese and German dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and German Speaking population

Chinese and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and German languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 Chinese and German on Chinese vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and German Language Codes

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

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