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Chinese vs Slovene


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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
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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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