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Javanese and Chinese


Chinese and Javanese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Indonesia  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
matur nuwun  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
basa Jawa  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
javanais  
chinois  

German Name
Javanisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Han  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
11  
10
1  
1

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
chi  

ISO 639 3
jav  
zho  

ISO 639 6
jav  
zho  

Glottocode
java1253  
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 Javanese 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 Javanese and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Chinese Speaking population

Javanese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Chinese on Javanese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Chinese Language Codes

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

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