Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
Not Available
  
Biko
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Madurese
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Ibo
  
French Name
madourais
  
igbo
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
Not Available
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
nucl1417
  
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
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Madurese and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Igbo language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Igbo Difficulty
The Madurese vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.