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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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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