Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Not Available
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Not Available
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Madurese
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
Bihari
  
French Name
madourais
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
Not Available
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Madurese
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Madurese and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Urdu language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Urdu Difficulty
The Madurese vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.