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Javanese and Lao


Lao
Lao and Javanese


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
-  
-  

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
-  
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  
13
44 weeks  
17

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
matur nuwun  
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  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
3,000,000.00  
99+

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 %  
14
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
3.00 million  
99+

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
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Lao people  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Lao  

Language Position
11  
10
43  
40

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Lao Sign Language  

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
jav  
lao  

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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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.

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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 0.22 %. 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.

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