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Madurese and Javanese


Javanese and Madurese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
Indonesia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

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
Not Available  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
16  
15

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
76.00 million  
13

Native Name
Madurese  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
madourais  
javanais  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

History

Origin
Not Available  
450 AD  

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
Madurese  
Javanese  

Language Position
69  
99+
11  
10

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
jav  

ISO 639 3
mad  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
madu1247  
java1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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All Madurese and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Madurese and Javanese Speaking population

Madurese and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Madurese vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Javanese Language Codes

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

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