Cantonese and Madurese
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
National Language
China, Guangdong
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
piye kabare?
Good Night
晚安
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
晚上好
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
下午好
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
早上好
Sugeng énjing
Sorry
遗憾
Nyuwun pangapunten
I Love You
我爱你
Kula tresna panjengan
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kangean
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Madurese
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
Not Available
madourais
German Name
Not Available
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
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Madurese
Origin
17th century
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Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Madurese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
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Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2/T
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mad
ISO 639 2/B
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mad
ISO 639 3
No data available
mad
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
cant1236
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Madurese dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Madurese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Madurese Dialects are spoken in different Madurese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Madurese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Madurese dialects include: Kangean , Bawean. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Madurese Speaking population
Cantonese and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Madurese on Cantonese vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Madurese Language Codes
Cantonese and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.