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Chinese vs Slovene


Slovene vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

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
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Halo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Prosim   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Oprostite   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Wu   
Resian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Italy   

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

Dialect 3
Yue   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Slovenia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
chinois   
slovène   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
972-1093   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Slovene   

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   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
slv   

ISO 639 3
zho   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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Chinese and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Slovene language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Chinese vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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