Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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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
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
245
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2316
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Halo
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Nuhun
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Mangga
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Hapunten
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Punten
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Western dialect
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Banten
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bogor
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Bandung
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
873.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
chinois
soundanais
German Name
Chinesisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Han
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1250 BC
5th 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
Sundanese
Language Position
142
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
sun
ISO 639 2/B
chi
sun
ISO 639 3
zho
sun
ISO 639 6
zho
sun
Glottocode
sini1245
sund1251
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
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