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Chinese and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
5   
10

National Language
Spain   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Gracias   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Por Favor   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
triste   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
adiós   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Español   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Not Available   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
chinois   

German Name
Spanisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Han   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
2   
2
1   
1

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
chi   

ISO 639 3
spa   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Spanish and Chinese Speaking population

Spanish and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Chinese on Spanish vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Chinese Language Codes

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

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