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Javanese and Chinese Speaking countries


Chinese and Javanese Speaking Countries


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
Not Available   
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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
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Javanese and Chinese as Minority Language

In Javanese and Chinese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Javanese and Chinese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Javanese as minority language: Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname.
  • Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.

If you want to compare Javanese and Chinese dialects, then you can go to Javanese vs Chinese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Javanese and Chinese Regulators

Javanese and Chinese speaking countries provide you Javanese and Chinese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Javanese is not regulated.Chinese is regulated by Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council. Also get to learn, Javanese and Chinese Language History.

Javanese and Chinese Continents

Thinking about Javanese and Chinese continents in which Javanese and Chinese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Javanese and Chinese. Most of the Javanese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Javanese and Chinese languages:

Javanese Interesting Facts:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

The Javanese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages whereas Javanese language is similar to Not Available and derived from Not Available.

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