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Chinese and 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
Not Available  
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  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
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
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

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
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
China, United States of America  

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

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

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

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 %  
27
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Not Available  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda  
Not Available  

French Name
soundanais  
chinois  

German Name
Sundanesisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  
Han  

History

Origin
5th century AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sundanese  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
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
Not Available  
Not Available  

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
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Sundanese and Chinese Speaking population

Sundanese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Sundanese and Chinese on Sundanese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Chinese Language Codes

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

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