Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Not Available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Madurese
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Not Available
  
French Name
madourais
  
kurde
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Kurds
  
Origin
Not Available
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Madurese and Kurdish Speaking population
Madurese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Madurese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Madurese and Kurdish Language Codes
Madurese and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.