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Madurese vs Chinese


Chinese vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
China, Taiwan  

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  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Not Available  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Not Available  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
40
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Madurese  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Not Available  

French Name
madourais  
chinois  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Han  

History

Origin
Not Available  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
69  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
chi  

ISO 639 3
mad  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
madu1247  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Madurese and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Chinese language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Madurese and Chinese Language History.

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Madurese and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Chinese language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Madurese vs Chinese Difficulty

The Madurese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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