Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
Laos
  
National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
Not Available
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Kangean
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bawean
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Madurese
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
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
madourais
  
lao
  
German Name
Maduresisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Madurese
  
Not Available
  
Origin
Not Available
  
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
Madurese
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mad
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
mad
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
mad
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
madu1247
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Madurese and Lao Speaking population
Madurese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % 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 Madurese and Lao on Madurese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Madurese and Lao Language Codes
Madurese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.