Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
France
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Merci
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
français
  
madourais
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Madurese
  
Origin
9th Century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
French 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 French and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Madurese language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common French Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Madurese Difficulty
The French vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.