Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Halo
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
82.00 million
  
19
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
76.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Madurese
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
madourais
  
javanais
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
Not Available
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Javanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
java1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Madurese and Javanese 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 Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Javanese language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Javanese Difficulty
The Madurese vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.