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Madurese vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
10   
6

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Olá   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
obrigado   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
bom Dia   

Please
Not Available   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
pesaroso   

Bye
Not Available   
tchau   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
40
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Bawean   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Bangkalan   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.23 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Madurese   
Português   

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   
Português   

French Name
madourais   
portugais   

German Name
Maduresisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Madurese   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
Not Available   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Madurese   
Portuguese   

Language Position
69   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
mad   
por   

ISO 639 3
mad   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
madu1247   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Madurese and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Portuguese language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Madurese vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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