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Madurese vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
takk  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
god natt  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
god morgen  

Please
Not Available  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
unnskyld  

Bye
Not Available  
ha det  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
40
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Madurese  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Norsk  

French Name
madourais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
Not Available  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
69  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
nor  

ISO 639 3
mad  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
madu1247  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Madurese and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Norwegian language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Madurese vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Madurese vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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