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Javanese vs Madurese


Madurese vs 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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Javanese and Madurese Language History

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

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

Javanese vs Madurese Difficulty

The Javanese vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.

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