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Chinese and Hindi


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
India  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
24  
19

How Many Consonants
33  
23
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
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
हिन्दी  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Not Available  

French Name
hindi  
chinois  

German Name
Hindi  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Han  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
5  
5
1  
1

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
chi  

ISO 639 3
hin  
zho  

ISO 639 6
hins  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Hindi 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 Hindi and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hindi and Chinese Speaking population

Hindi and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Chinese on Hindi vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Chinese Language Codes

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

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