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Hindi and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
India   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Hindi.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
11   
8

How Many Consonants
23   
13
33   
23

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Wu   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Yue   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
chinois   
hindi   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
7th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
1   
1
5   
5

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
hin   

ISO 639 3
zho   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
sini1245   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Chinese and Hindi Speaking population

Chinese and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Chinese vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Hindi Language Codes

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