Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
pranam
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Not Available
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Madurese
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
madourais
  
maithili
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Maithil
  
Origin
Not Available
  
14th century
  
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
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Madurese and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Maithili language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Maithili Difficulty
The Madurese vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.