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Chinese vs Slovak


Slovak vs Chinese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
15  
12

How Many Consonants
23  
13
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Prosím  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Pardón!  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

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

Dialect 2
Wu  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

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

Dialect 3
Yue  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
chinois  
slovaque  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
6th 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-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Slovak  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
slo  

ISO 639 3
zho  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Chinese and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Slovak language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Chinese vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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