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Czech vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Czech Republic, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Czech Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Institute of the Czech Language   

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.
  
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
32   
21

How Many Consonants
23   
13
32   
22

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
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
ahoj   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
děkuji   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Jak se máš?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
dobrou noc   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
dobré odpoledne   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
dobré ráno   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
prosím   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
litovat   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
sbohem   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Miluji tě   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
promiňte   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Chod   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Chodsko, Bohemia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Lach   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Moravian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
108,000.00   
27

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
13   
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.15 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
čeština / český jazyk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bohemian, Cestina   

French Name
chinois   
tchèque   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Tschechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Czechs   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Czech, Old Czech   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Czech   

Language Position
1   
1
73   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
cs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
ces   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
cze   

ISO 639 3
zho   
ces   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
czec1258   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
53-AAA-da   

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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Chinese and Czech Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Czech language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Czech language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Chinese and Czech Language History.

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

Chinese vs Czech Difficulty

The Chinese vs Czech difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Czech 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 Chinese and Czech are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Czech, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Czech time required is 44 weeks.

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