Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
35
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Halo
Thank You
terima kasih
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Sugeng énjing
Please
sila
tolong
Sorry
maaf
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Pamit
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Kangean
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Bawean
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
30,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
246
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Madurese
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
malais
madourais
German Name
Malaiisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Madurese
Origin
c. 683 AD
8th Century AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Madurese
Language Position
5469
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mad
ISO 639 2/B
may
mad
ISO 639 3
zsm
mad
ISO 639 6
may
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Glottocode
stan1306
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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