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Chinese vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
5  
10

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
grazie  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Per Favore  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
scusate  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
arrivederci  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Italiano  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Not Available  

French Name
italien  
chinois  

German Name
Italienisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Han  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
27  
23
1  
1

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
chi  

ISO 639 3
ita  
zho  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Chinese language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Chinese Language History.

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

Italian vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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