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Slovene vs Chinese


Chinese vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Hvala  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Prosim  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Resian  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Italy  
China, United States of America  

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

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Not available  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Not Available  

French Name
slovène  
chinois  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Han  

History

Origin
972-1093  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
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
sl  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
chi  

ISO 639 3
slv  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Slovene and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Chinese language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Chinese Language History.

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

Slovene vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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