Countries
India, Nepal
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
National Language
Nepal
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Hindi
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Halo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sugeng énjing
Please
कृपया
Not Available
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Not Available
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Nuwun séwu
Where They Speak
Nepal
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Bawean
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Nepal
Indonesia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
népalais
madourais
German Name
Nepali
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Madurese
Origin
19 BC
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Madurese
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
No data Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
madu1247
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Madurese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Madurese Speaking population
Nepali and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Madurese on Nepali vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Madurese Language Codes
Nepali and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.