Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
National Language
China, Taiwan
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
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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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Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sugeng énjing
Please
请 (Qǐng)
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Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
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I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Kangean
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Indonesia
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Madurese
Alternative Names
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Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
chinois
madourais
German Name
Chinesisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
1250 BC
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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 Chinese
Madurese
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
madu1247
Linguasphere
79-AAA
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese 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 Chinese and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Madurese language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Madurese Difficulty
The Chinese vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.