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Chinese and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
24  
19

How Many Consonants
38  
27
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Prosím  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Pardón!  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
slovenčina  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
slovaque  
chinois  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Han  

History

Origin
6th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
27  
25
1  
1

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
chi  

ISO 639 3
slk  
zho  

ISO 639 6
slk  
zho  

Glottocode
slov1269  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Slovak and Chinese Speaking population

Slovak and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % 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 Slovak and Chinese on Slovak vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Chinese Language Codes

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

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