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Italian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
7  
8

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
ciao  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
grazie  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Come stai?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
buongiorno  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
scusate  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
arrivederci  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Wu  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Yue  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Italiano  

French Name
chinois  
italien  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Italians  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
960 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Italian  

Language Position
1  
1
27  
23

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
ita  

ISO 639 3
zho  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
sini1245  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Chinese and Italian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Italian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Italian Difficulty

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