Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Nepal
  
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
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Madurese
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
madourais
  
népalais
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
Not Available
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Madurese and Nepali Speaking population
Madurese and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Madurese vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Madurese and Nepali Language Codes
Madurese and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.