Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
50
0
46
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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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2743
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2134
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
matur nuwun
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
tolong
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Pamit
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
110,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
madourais
bhojpuri
German Name
Maduresisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[madura]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Madurese
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
8th Century AD
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Bhojpuri
Language Position
6937
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
bho
ISO 639 2/B
mad
bho
ISO 639 3
mad
bho
ISO 639 6
-
bho
Glottocode
madu1247
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-