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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
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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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