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Javanese and Madurese


Madurese and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Indonesia  
Indonesia, Island of Madura  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Malay and Javanese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Halo  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Not Available  
Not Available  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Not Available  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Kangean  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
110,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Madurese  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  

French Name
javanais  
madourais  

German Name
Javanisch  
Maduresisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Madurese  

History

Origin
450 AD  
Not Available  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Madurese  

Language Position
11  
10
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
mad  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
mad  

ISO 639 3
jav  
mad  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
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  

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All Javanese and Madurese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Javanese and Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Madurese Speaking population

Javanese and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Javanese and Madurese on Javanese vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Madurese Language Codes

Javanese and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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