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Urdu vs Madurese


Madurese vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Pakistan  
Indonesia, Island of Madura  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
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Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Malay and Javanese Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Halo  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
tolong  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
الوداع  
Pamit  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Kangean  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
8,000,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
اُردُو  
Madurese  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  

French Name
ourdou  
madourais  

German Name
Urdu  
Maduresisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[madura]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Madurese  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
8th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Madurese  

Language Position
20  
18
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Madurese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
mad  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
mad  

ISO 639 3
urd  
mad  

ISO 639 6
urd  
-  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
madu1247  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
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Urdu and Madurese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Madurese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Madurese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD. 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 Urdu and Madurese Language History.

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

Urdu vs Madurese Difficulty

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

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