Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Norway
  
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 in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.