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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   
NA   

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
Not Available   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
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
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
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
Not Available   

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   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Not Available   

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

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 %   
24

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
chinois   
goudjrati   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
15   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
1   
1
23   
19

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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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