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Madurese and Konkani


Konkani and Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Namaskar  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
tolong  
Chike  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Maf kor  

Bye
Pamit  
Adeus  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
40
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Madurese  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
madourais  
konkani  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[madura]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
8th Century AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Kokani  

Language Position
69  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mad  
kok  

ISO 639 6
-  
kok  

Glottocode
madu1247  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Madurese and Konkani Speaking population

Madurese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Madurese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Konkani Language Codes

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

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