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Chinese and Javanese


Javanese and Chinese


Countries

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

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   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

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 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Halo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
matur nuwun   

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

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Not Available   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
16   
15

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
chinois   
javanais   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

History

Origin
1250 BC   
450 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Javanese   

Language Position
1   
1
11   
10

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
jav   

ISO 639 3
zho   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
java1253   

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   
Agglutinative   

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

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Chinese and Javanese Speaking population

Chinese and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Chinese vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Javanese Language Codes

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

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