Countries
South Africa
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
asseblief
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
madourais
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Madurese
  
Origin
17th Century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Madurese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Madurese language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Madurese Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Madurese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.