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Gujarati and Chinese


Chinese and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
India  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
NA  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
24  
19

How Many Consonants
31  
21
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Wu  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
China, United States of America  

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

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
24
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Not Available  

French Name
goudjrati  
chinois  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Han  

History

Origin
15  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
23  
19
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
chi  

ISO 639 3
guj  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
guja1252  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Gujarati and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Gujarati and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Chinese Speaking population

Gujarati and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Gujarati and Chinese on Gujarati vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Chinese Language Codes

Gujarati and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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