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Croatian vs Madurese


Madurese vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Kangean   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
110,000.00   
40

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.23 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
23   
19
69   
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Croatian and Madurese Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Madurese language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Madurese language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Madurese Language History.

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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.

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