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Madurese
Madurese

Swahili
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Countries

Countries

East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

54
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia, Island of Madura
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

Interesting Facts

  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Malay and Javanese Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

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Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
Habari

Thank You

matur nuwun
Asante

How Are You?

piye kabare?
Habari gani?

Good Night

wengi sing apik
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Sugeng sọnten
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Sugeng siang
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Sugeng énjing
Habari za asubuhi

Please

tolong
tafadhali

Sorry

Nyuwun pangapunten
pole

Bye

Pamit
bye

I Love You

Kula tresna panjengan
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Nuwun séwu
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kangean
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

110,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Bawean
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bangkalan
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

8,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

612
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.23 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Madurese
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

madourais
swahili

German Name

Maduresisch
Swahili

Pronunciation

[madura]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Madurese
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

8th Century AD
6th 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
Swahili

Language Position

6921
1 120
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Signed Forms

Madurese Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No data Available
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mad
swa

ISO 639 2/B

mad
swa

ISO 639 3

mad
swa

ISO 639 6

-
swa

Glottocode

madu1247
swah1254

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Madurese and Swahili Alphabets

Madurese and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Madurese and Swahili. In Madurese Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Madurese and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Madurese and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Madurese and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Madurese and Swahili Speaking population

Madurese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Madurese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Swahili Language Codes

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