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Chinese and Gujarati


Gujarati and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
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Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
31  
21

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Wu  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Yue  
Surati  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
-  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
chinois  
goudjrati  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
15  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
guj  

ISO 639 3
zho  
guj  

ISO 639 6
zho  
guj  

Glottocode
sini1245  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

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

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Chinese and Gujarati Speaking population

Chinese and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Chinese and Gujarati on Chinese vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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