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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Hindi.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
11  
8

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

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
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Wu  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Yue  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
chinois  
hindi  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
7th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
1  
1
5  
5

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
hin  

ISO 639 3
zho  
hin  

ISO 639 6
zho  
hins  

Glottocode
sini1245  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Chinese and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Hindi language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Chinese and Hindi Language History.

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Chinese and Hindi 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 Chinese and Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Hindi language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Hindi Difficulty

The Chinese vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Hindi 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 Chinese and Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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