Countries
Japan
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Korean Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1421
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Halo
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Sugeng énjing
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
tolong
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Pamit
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Kangean
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Bawean
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
kansai
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
316
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Madurese
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
japonais
madourais
German Name
Japanisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Madurese
Origin
1185
8th Century AD
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Madurese
Language Position
869
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
mad
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
mad
ISO 639 3
jpn
mad
ISO 639 6
jpn
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Glottocode
nucl1643
madu1247
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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