Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Indonesia
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
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Malay language
Derived From
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Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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
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
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Yue
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Indonesia, Malaysia
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
chinois
indonésien
German Name
Chinesisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Han
Indonesians
Origin
1250 BC
7th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Indonesian
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 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
indo1316
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Chinese and Indonesian 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 Chinese and Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Indonesian Speaking population
Chinese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Chinese and Indonesian on Chinese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Indonesian Language Codes
Chinese and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.