Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
Not Available
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
آسف
  
Bye
Not Available
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
Madurese
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
madourais
  
arabe
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Arabs
  
Origin
Not Available
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic