ISO 639-3 · madmad
Austronesian family
Madurese
Bhâsa Madhurâ
Madurese is a language of the Malayo-Sumbawan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. Wikidata counts 15 m first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Madura”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mad- Glottocode
nucl1460- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- -7.00, 113.50
- Wikipedia
- 61 language editions
15 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Madurese · Bhâsa Madhurâ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Madurese language, Madura, Madura language |
| L1 speakers | 15,000,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script, Javanese script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Madurese
The branches above Madurese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing