In Ludruk, a simple and straightforward comedy, actors would almost always use the Surabaya dialect of Javanese language (language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java).
Despite the fact that many different dialects are employed in one performance, as a whole, ludruk is a simple and straightforward comedy, making ludruk easily understood by everyone. The actors would almost always use the Surabaya dialect of Javanese language, although sometimes there can be occasional guest stars from other areas, such as Jombang, Malang, Madura, Madiun, who each would use their own dialect. Javanese (/dvniz/; , Basa Jawa,  , Javanese pronunciation: [bs dw; colloquially known as , Cara Jawa, Javanese pronunciation: [tr dw) is the language of the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia. 
