Countries
Japan
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Japan
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
日本語
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
japonais
  
madourais
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Madurese
  
Origin
1185
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Madurese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Madurese Difficulty
The Japanese vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.