Countries
Indonesia
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
indonésien
  
madourais
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Madurese
  
Origin
7th Century
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Madurese language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Madurese Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.