Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
chinois
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
15
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Chinese and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Gujarati language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Chinese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.