Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Austria
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bok
  
Halo
  
Thank You
hvala
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
molim
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
Not Available
  
Native Name
hrvatski
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
croate
  
madourais
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Madurese
  
Origin
9th century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Croatian 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 Croatian and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Madurese language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Madurese Difficulty
The Croatian vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.