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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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