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Madurese vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
-  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Dankie  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
goeie more  

Please
tolong  
asseblief  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
jammer  

Bye
Pamit  
Totsiens  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
40
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Namibia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
Madurese  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
madourais  
afrikaans  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[madura]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
8th Century AD  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
69  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
afr  

ISO 639 3
mad  
afr  

ISO 639 6
-  
afrs  

Glottocode
madu1247  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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Madurese and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Afrikaans language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Madurese and Afrikaans Language History.

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Madurese and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Madurese and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Afrikaans language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Madurese vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Madurese vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Madurese and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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