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
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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
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
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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
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Glottocode
nepa1254
madu1247
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Nepali and Madurese 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 Nepali and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Madurese language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Madurese Difficulty
The Nepali vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Madurese 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 Nepali and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.