Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
-
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2799
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2114
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
matur nuwun
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
tolong
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Pamit
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
110,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bawean
Hakata
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Kansai
Where They Speak
Indonesia
kansai
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
631
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Madurese
日本語
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Nihongo
French Name
madourais
japonais
German Name
Maduresisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[madura]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
8th Century AD
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Madurese
Japanese
Language Position
698
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
mad
jpn
ISO 639 3
mad
jpn
ISO 639 6
-
jpn
Glottocode
madu1247
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic