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Chinese and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
24   
19

How Many Consonants
38   
27
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
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Prosím   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Pardón!   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Dovidenia   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

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

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
China, United States of America   

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

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
slovenčina   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Not Available   

French Name
slovaque   
chinois   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Han   

History

Origin
6th Century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
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
sk   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
chi   

ISO 639 3
slk   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Slovak and Chinese Speaking population

Slovak and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available 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 Slovak and Chinese on Slovak vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Chinese Language Codes

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

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