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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Indonesia  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
mohon Untuk  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
maaf  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
indonésien  
chinois  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Han  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
56  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
chi  

ISO 639 3
ind  
zho  

ISO 639 6
ind  
zho  

Glottocode
indo1316  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Indonesian and Chinese Speaking population

Indonesian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Indonesian and Chinese on Indonesian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Chinese Language Codes

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

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