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Madurese vs Japanese


Japanese vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Not Available  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Not Available  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
40
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Madurese  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Not Available  

French Name
madourais  
japonais  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
Not Available  
1185  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Japanese  

Language Position
69  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
mad  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
madu1247  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Madurese and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Japanese language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Madurese vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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