Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
55
0
46
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National Language
China, Taiwan
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
246
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2321
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
tolong
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Pamit
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kangean
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Bawean
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
chinois
madourais
German Name
Chinesisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Han
Madurese
Origin
1250 BC
8th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Madurese
Language Position
169
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
mad
ISO 639 2/B
chi
mad
ISO 639 3
zho
mad
ISO 639 6
zho
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Glottocode
sini1245
madu1247
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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