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Madurese vs Swedish


Swedish vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hej  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
god morgon  

Please
tolong  
vänligen  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
ledsen  

Bye
Pamit  
hej då  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
40
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
France  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Madurese  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
madourais  
suédois  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[madura]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
8th Century AD  
13th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
69  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
swe  

ISO 639 3
mad  
swe  

ISO 639 6
-  
swe  

Glottocode
madu1247  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Madurese and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Swedish language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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Madurese and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Swedish language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Madurese vs Swedish Difficulty

The Madurese vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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