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Madurese vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Hai  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Not Available  
sila  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
maaf  

Bye
Not Available  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
40
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Madurese  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Not Available  

French Name
madourais  
malais  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Not Available  

History

Origin
Not Available  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
69  
99+
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
may  

ISO 639 3
mad  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
madu1247  
stan1306  

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  
Agglutinative  

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Madurese and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Malaysian language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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Madurese and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Malaysian language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Madurese vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Madurese vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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