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Chinese vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

National Language
China, Taiwan   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
27   
17

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Halo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Dankon   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Bonan matenon   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Mi petas   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Not present   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Not present   

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

Dialect 2
Wu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Not present   

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

Dialect 3
Yue   
Not present   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Not present   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
chinois   
espéranto   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1887   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Esperanto   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
epo   

ISO 639 3
zho   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Chinese and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Esperanto language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Chinese vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Chinese vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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