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Sundanese and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
West Java  

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  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Wu  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Yue  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
39.00 million  
22

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  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
5th century 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  
Sundanese  

Language Position
1  
1
42  
39

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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

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Chinese and Sundanese Speaking population

Chinese and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Chinese vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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