Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
National Language
China, Taiwan
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
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Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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)
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Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
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I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kangean
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Indonesia
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Madurese
Alternative Names
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Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
chinois
madourais
German Name
Chinesisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
1250 BC
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Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Madurese
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
madu1247
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese and Madurese 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 Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Madurese Speaking population
Chinese and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Chinese vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Madurese Language Codes
Chinese and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.