National Language
Indonesia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
matur nuwun
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Not Available
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Laos
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Laos
Dialect 3
Arekan
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Javanisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Not Available
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating
All Javanese and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Javanese and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Lao Speaking population
Javanese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Javanese and Lao on Javanese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Lao Language Codes
Javanese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.