Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
India, Nepal
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
matur nuwun
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Not Available
कृपया
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Not Available
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nepal
Dialect 2
Bawean
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Madurese
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
madourais
népalais
German Name
Maduresisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Madurese
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
Not Available
19 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Madurese
Nepali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ne
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
madu1247
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Madurese and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Nepali language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Nepali Difficulty
The Madurese vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.