Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
India
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
India
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Not Available
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Madurese
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
madourais
  
konkani
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
Not Available
  
1209 A.D.
  
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
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Madurese and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Konkani language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Konkani Difficulty
The Madurese vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.