Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
-
Dzongkha Development Commission
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2795
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2130
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
matur nuwun
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
tolong
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Tsip maza
Bye
Pamit
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Kangean
Laya
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
110,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Lunana
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Adap
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
madourais
dzongkha
German Name
Maduresisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[madura]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Ngalop people
Origin
8th Century AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Dzongkha
Language Position
6931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
mad
dzo
ISO 639 3
mad
dzo
ISO 639 6
-
dzo
Glottocode
madu1247
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-