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