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Madurese vs Serbian


Serbian vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Not Available  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Not Available  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Madurese  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Montenegrin  

French Name
madourais  
serbe  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Serbs  

History

Origin
Not Available  
11th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
69  
99+
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
srp  

ISO 639 3
mad  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
madu1247  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

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 Serbian Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Serbian language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Madurese vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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