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Dutch vs Madurese


Madurese vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
5  
10

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Indonesia, Island of Madura  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Malay and Javanese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Not Available  

Sorry
sorry  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
vaarwel  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Kangean  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
110,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
Madurese  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
madourais  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Maduresisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Madurese  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
Not Available  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Madurese  

Language Position
48  
35
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
mad  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
mad  

ISO 639 3
nld  
mad  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
madu1247  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Dutch and Madurese Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Madurese language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Madurese language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Madurese Language History.

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

Dutch vs Madurese Difficulty

The Dutch vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.

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