Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
hallo
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
goeie more
  
Please
Not Available
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
jammer
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
Madurese
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
madourais
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
Not Available
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Madurese and Afrikaans Speaking population
Madurese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Madurese and Afrikaans on Madurese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Madurese and Afrikaans Language Codes
Madurese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.