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Christianity is a minority religion in Laos.. In 2015, Christians in Laos numbered 200,000 to 210,000, with 50,000–60,000 thousand for Catholics and 150,000 for Protestants, based on rough estimates conducted by LFND. [1]
The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language; and Zhuang, a major language in the Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, spoken by the Zhuang people (壯 ...
The name "Lao" is used almost exclusively by the majority population of Laos, the Lao people, and two of the three other members of the Lao-Phutai subfamily of Southwestern Tai: Isan speakers (occasionally), the Nyaw or Yaw and the Phu Thai. The Zhuang in China do not constitute an autonymic unity.
The most integral instrument for Lao music is the khaen a free-reed mouth organ made of bamboo. Variations on the khaen are found among most ethnic groups in Laos. Laos also uses a number of classical court instruments which show strong influence from China, Cambodia and Thailand.
Of the many creoles to have developed, the most spoken today are Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole of the Philippines, and various Malay-based creoles such as Manado Malay influenced by Portuguese. A very well-known Portuguese-based creole is the Kristang , which is spoken in Malacca , a city-state in Malaysia .
Lao is a Tai language spoken by 7 million people in Laos and 23 million people in northeast Thailand. [1] After the conclusion of the Franco-Siamese conflict of 1893 , the Lao-speaking world was politically split at the Mekong River , with the left bank eventually becoming modern Laos and the right bank the Isan region of Thailand (formerly ...
Phuan (Laos, Thailand) Thai Song (Thailand) Thai (Central/Standard Thai, Siamese; Thailand) Tai Dón (White Tai, Tai Kao; Vietnam, China) Tai Daeng (Vietnam) Tai Meuay (Laos) Tay Tac (Vietnam) Thu Lao (Vietnam) Lao–Phutai dialects (4) Lao (Laos; except Luang Prabang dialect is classified as Chiang Saen languages.) Lao Nyo (Cambodia, Thailand ...
Spoken Lao is mutually intelligible with Thai and Isan to such a degree that their speakers are able to effectively communicate with one another speaking their respective languages. These languages are written with slightly different scripts, the Lao script and Thai script , but are linguistically similar and effectively form a dialect continuum .