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Chinese and Javanese


Javanese and Chinese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

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

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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Halo  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Wu  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Yue  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
chinois  
javanais  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
450 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Javanese  

Language Position
1  
1
11  
10

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
jav  

ISO 639 3
zho  
jav  

ISO 639 6
zho  
jav  

Glottocode
sini1245  
java1253  

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  

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

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Chinese and Javanese Speaking population

Chinese and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Chinese vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Javanese Language Codes

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

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