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Slovak vs Chinese


Chinese vs 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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Slovak and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Chinese language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Chinese Language History.

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

Slovak vs Chinese Difficulty

The Slovak vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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