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Chinese vs 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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Spanish and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Chinese language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Chinese Language History.

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

Spanish vs Chinese Difficulty

The Spanish vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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