Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Madurese
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
madourais
  
marathe
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
Not Available
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Madurese and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Marathi language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Marathi Difficulty
The Madurese vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.