Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Not Available
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Madurese
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Malti
  
French Name
madourais
  
maltais
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Maltese
  
Origin
Not Available
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Madurese and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Maltese language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Maltese Difficulty
The Madurese vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.