Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
pranam
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Not Available
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Madurese
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
madourais
  
maithili
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Maithil
  
Origin
Not Available
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Madurese and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Madurese and Maithili Speaking population
Madurese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Madurese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Madurese and Maithili Language Codes
Madurese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.