Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Chinese.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
matur nuwun
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Not Available
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Not Available
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Madurese
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Not Available
French Name
madourais
chinois
German Name
Maduresisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
Not Available
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zh
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
madu1247
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Madurese and Chinese 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 Madurese and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Madurese and Chinese Speaking population
Madurese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Madurese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Madurese and Chinese Language Codes
Madurese and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.