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Gujarati vs Chinese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
31  
21

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
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.74 %  
24

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  

History

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  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
19

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Chinese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Gujarati language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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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.

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