Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Indonesia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
246
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2319
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
67
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Halo
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Terima kasih
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Apa kabar?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Selamat Pagi
Please
请 (Qǐng)
mohon Untuk
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
maaf
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Permisi
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Sundanese
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Wu
Balinese
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yue
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1046
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
chinois
indonésien
German Name
Chinesisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Han
Indonesians
Origin
1250 BC
7th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Indonesian
Language Position
156
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
ind
ISO 639 2/B
chi
ind
ISO 639 3
zho
ind
ISO 639 6
zho
ind
Glottocode
sini1245
indo1316
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative