Countries
West Java
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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 and Malay Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
524
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1623
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Nuhun
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Mangga
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Hapunten
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Punten
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Banten
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Wu
Where They Speak
Bogor
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Yue
Where They Speak
Bandung
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
soundanais
chinois
German Name
Sundanesisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Han
Origin
5th century 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
Sundanese
Standard Chinese
Language Position
421
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
zho
ISO 639 2/B
sun
chi
ISO 639 3
sun
zho
ISO 639 6
sun
zho
Glottocode
sund1251
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
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Analytic, Isolating