Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
matur nuwun
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
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请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
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再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Madurese
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
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French Name
madourais
chinois
German Name
Maduresisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
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1250 BC
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
zh
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
madu1247
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Madurese and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Chinese language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Madurese vs Chinese Difficulty
The Madurese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.