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Chinese vs Madurese


Madurese vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

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  
Not Available  

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
Not Available  
Malay and Javanese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Halo  

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)  
Not Available  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Not Available  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Kangean  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
110,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Wu  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Indonesia  

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

Dialect 3
Yue  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Madurese  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  

French Name
chinois  
madourais  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Maduresisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Madurese  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
Not Available  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Madurese  

Language Position
1  
1
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mad  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mad  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mad  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
madu1247  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Madurese Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Madurese language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Madurese language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Madurese Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Madurese language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Madurese Difficulty

The Chinese vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.

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