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Chinese vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
5  
10

National Language
France  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
20  
10
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Merci  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
désolé  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
au revoir  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
African French  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Africa  
China, United States of America  

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
français  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Not Available  

French Name
français  
chinois  

German Name
Französisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Han  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
13  
12
1  
1

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
chi  

ISO 639 3
fra  
zho  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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French and Chinese Language History

Comparison of French vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of French and Chinese language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 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 French and Chinese Language History.

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

French vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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