Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
University of Sarajevo
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Not Available
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Madurese
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Not Available
  
French Name
madourais
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
Not Available
  
19th 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
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Madurese and Bosnian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Madurese and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Bosnian language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Madurese vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Madurese and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.