Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
China, Taiwan
Malaysia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Thailand
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
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Tamil Language
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 khabar?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Selamat pagi
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Indonesia
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Indonesia
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
chinois
malais
German Name
Chinesisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Han
Malaysian people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
stan1306
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Chinese and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Malaysian Speaking population
Chinese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian 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 Malaysian on Chinese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Malaysian Language Codes
Chinese and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.