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Sundanese and Chinese


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   
Not Available   

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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