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Language code: mad

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mad

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The table below provides technical details for the Madurese language, designated by the mad code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

mad

Name

Madurese

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
BangkalanSampangPamekasanSumenepKangeanSapudi
Related languages
BalineseSasakSumbawaMalayJavanese
Key facts
Spoken by about 13–14 million people, mainly on Madura Island and surrounding areastraditionally written both in Latin script and in Pegon (Arabic-derived) scriptnotable for its aspirated voiceless stops, rare among Austronesian languagesshows strong lexical influence from Javanese yet belongs to the Malayo-Sumbawan subgroup with Balinese and Sasakemploys a complex system of speech levels that mark respect and social hierarchy.
Sample phrase

Halo, apâ kabar sampean?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Madurese language, identified by the code mad, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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