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Countries

Countries

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
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

Total No. Of Countries

546
0 46
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National Language

China, Taiwan
Spain

Second Language

Republic of Brazil
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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Japanese and Korean Languages
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

245
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2322
9 60
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Scripts

Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

您好 (Nín hǎo)
hola

Thank You

谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Gracias

How Are You?

你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Cómo estás?

Good Night

晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

早安 (Zǎo ān)
Buenos Días

Please

请 (Qǐng)
Por Favor

Sorry

遗憾 (Yíhàn)
triste

Bye

再见 (Zàijiàn)
adiós

I Love You

我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

劳驾 (Láojià)
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mandarin
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Mexico

How Many People Speak

960,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Wu
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

China, United States of America
Cuba

How Many People Speak

80,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yue
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

60,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1021
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,051.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

16.00 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

873.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

178.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

中文 (zhōngwén)
Español

Alternative Names

Zhongwen, Hanyu
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

chinois
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Chinesisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Han
Spanish people

History

Origin

1250 BC
210 BC

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Standard Chinese
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

12
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

zh
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zho
spa

ISO 639 2/B

chi
spa

ISO 639 3

zho
spa

ISO 639 6

zho
spa

Glottocode

sini1245
stan1288

Linguasphere

79-AAA
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Chinese vs Spanish Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Chinese vs Spanish speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Chinese or Spanish language.

  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: China, Taiwan.
  • Spanish is spoken as a national language in: Spain.

You will also get to know the continents where Chinese and Spanish speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Chinese language is 1 and position of Spanish language is 2. Find all the information about these languages on Chinese and Spanish.

Chinese and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Spanish language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Chinese and Spanish Language History.

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

Chinese vs Spanish Difficulty

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