Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
55
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
624
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2123
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
matur nuwun
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
tolong
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Pamit
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
110,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Wu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Yue
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
madourais
chinois
German Name
Maduresisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[madura]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Han
Origin
8th Century AD
1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Standard Chinese
Language Position
691
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
zho
ISO 639 2/B
mad
chi
ISO 639 3
mad
zho
ISO 639 6
-
zho
Glottocode
madu1247
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating