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Madurese
Madurese

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Countries

Countries

East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

52
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia, Island of Madura
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia

Regulated By

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-

Interesting Facts

  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Malay and Javanese Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2731
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2118
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Moni

Thank You

matur nuwun
Zikomo

How Are You?

piye kabare?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

wengi sing apik
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

Sugeng sọnten
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

Sugeng siang
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Sugeng énjing
M'mawa wabwino

Please

tolong
Chonde

Sorry

Nyuwun pangapunten
pepani

Bye

Pamit
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Kula tresna panjengan
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Nuwun séwu
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kangean
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

110,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bawean
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bangkalan
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

65
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.23 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Madurese
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

madourais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Maduresisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[madura]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Madurese
Chewa people

History

Origin

8th Century AD
15th Century

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Madurese
Chewa

Language Position

6927
1 120
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Signed Forms

Madurese Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mad
nya

ISO 639 2/B

mad
nya

ISO 639 3

mad
nya

ISO 639 6

-
nya

Glottocode

madu1247
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Madurese and Chewa Alphabets

Madurese and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Madurese and Chewa. In Madurese Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Madurese and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Madurese and Chewa languages. The Madurese phonology consist Madurese vowels and Madurese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Madurese greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Madurese and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Madurese and Chewa 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 Madurese and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Madurese and Chewa Speaking population

Madurese and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Madurese and Chewa on Madurese vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Chewa Language Codes

Madurese and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.