Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Japan
  
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 in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.