Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Austria
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
bok
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
kako si
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
Not Available
  
molim
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
Madurese
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
madourais
  
croate
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Croats
  
Origin
Not Available
  
9th 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
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Madurese and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Croatian language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Croatian Difficulty
The Madurese vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.