Mad

Also Known As: Basa Mathura,Madurese,Madhura,Madura Description: Madurese is a language of the Madurese people of Madura Island and eastern Java, Indonesia; it is also spoken on Kangean Islands and Sapudi Islands. The Kangean dialect may be a separate language. It was traditionally written in the Javanese script, but the Latin alphabet is now more commonly used. The number of speakers, though shrinking, is estimated to be 8-13 million. Links between Bali-Sasak languages and Madurese are more evident with the "low" form (common form). Madurese has more consonants than its neighboring languages due to it having voiceless unaspirated, voiceless aspirated, and voiced sounds. Similar to Javanese, it has a contrast between dental and alveolar (even retroflex) stops. Nouns are not inflected in gender and are pluralized via reduplication. Its basic word order is SVO. Negation is expressed by putting a negative particle before the verb, adjective or noun phrase. As with other similar languages there are different negative particles for different kinds of negation...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Madura Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/mad/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Indonesia Spoken In: Regions: Asia ISO 639-3 Code: mad Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Austronesian Group     Malayo-Polynesian Group       Western Malayo-Polynesian Group         Sundic Group           Madurese Group             Madura Language