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Chinese vs Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
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

Alphabets in
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Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
24  
19

How Many Consonants
16  
6
23  
13

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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Banten  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

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

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
China, United States of America  

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

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
178.00 million  
3

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  

History

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
42  
39
1  
1

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Sundanese and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Sundanese vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Sundanese and Chinese language. History of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century AD whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sundanese and Chinese Language History.

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Sundanese and Chinese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sundanese and Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sundanese and Chinese language. Sundanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Sundanese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sundanese vs Chinese Difficulty

The Sundanese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese Alphabets and Chinese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sundanese and Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is 40 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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