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Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
28  
20

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

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  

French Name
javanais  
lao  

German Name
Javanisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Not Available  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tai  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Lao  

Language Position
11  
10
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
lao  

ISO 639 3
jav  
lao  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Isolating  

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Javanese and Lao Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Lao language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD whereas history of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. 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 Javanese and Lao Language History.

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Javanese and Lao 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 Javanese and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Lao language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Javanese vs Lao Difficulty

The Javanese vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese Alphabets and Lao 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 Javanese and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.

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