National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Halo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Sugeng énjing
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
matur nuwun
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Arekan
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Djawa, Jawa
German Name
Laotisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Javanese
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative
All Lao and Javanese 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 Lao and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Javanese Speaking population
Lao and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Lao and Javanese on Lao vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Javanese Language Codes
Lao and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.