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Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
46   
1

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Spain   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
22   
12

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)   
hola   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Buenos Días   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
triste   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
adiós   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Wu   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Yue   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Español   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
chinois   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
210 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   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
1   
1
2   
2

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
spa   

ISO 639 3
zho   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Chinese and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Spanish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Chinese vs Spanish Difficulty

The Chinese vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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