Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2747
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2122
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
pranam
Thank You
matur nuwun
dhanyabad
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Suprabhaat
Please
tolong
kripaya
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
maf karai
Bye
Pamit
Alavidā
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
kripaya
Dialect 1
Kangean
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nepal
How Many People Speak
110,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Indonesia
North India
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Khortha
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
615
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
madourais
maithili
German Name
Maduresisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[madura]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Maithil
Origin
8th Century AD
14th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Standard Maithili
Language Position
6940
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
mai
ISO 639 2/B
mad
mai
ISO 639 3
mad
mai
ISO 639 6
-
mai
Glottocode
madu1247
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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