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Gujarati and Chinese


Chinese and Gujarati


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
India   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
NA   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
24   
19

How Many Consonants
31   
21
23   
13

Scripts
Devanagari   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

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

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

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

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

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

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
请 (Qǐng)   

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

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Mandarin   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Wu   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Yue   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Not Available   

French Name
goudjrati   
chinois   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Han   

History

Origin
15   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
23   
19
1   
1

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
chi   

ISO 639 3
guj   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Gujarati and Chinese Speaking population

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

Gujarati and Chinese Language Codes

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

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