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Madurese vs Japanese


Japanese vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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
Not Available   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Not Available   
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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
40
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Bawean   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Bangkalan   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.23 %   
99+
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Madurese   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   
Not Available   

French Name
madourais   
japonais   

German Name
Maduresisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Madurese   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
Not Available   
1185   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
69   
99+
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
madu1247   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Madurese and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Japanese language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Madurese and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Japanese language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Madurese vs Japanese Difficulty

The Madurese vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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