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A Lao speaker. Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ, [pʰáː.sǎː láːw]), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language.
Thaification policies removed the alphabet and now the language is written in the Thai alphabet, if at all, and the name changed to Isan to sever the political connection with Laos. Despite this, the Lao language is spoken by 20 million people, [39] almost a third of the population of Thailand, and is the primary language of 88% of Isan ...
Lao, the official language of Laos, is a monosyllabic tone based language from the Tai-Kadai family as spoken in Vientiane. There are 19 million Lao speakers in Thailand and 3 million in Laos, a reflection of geopolitical history .
The Lao language (orange) and the Isan language (yellow). The Mekong river forms the border between the countries of Laos and Thailand, and the Lao and Isan languages.. Lao is a Tai language spoken by 7 million people in Laos and 23 million people in northeast Thailand. [1]
Laotian Chams are an Cham ethnic group living in Laos and holding Laotian citizenship. ... It is the same as the language spoken by the Chams in Cambodia. The other ...
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 ...
Country/Region Number of official (including de facto) Official language Regional language Minority language National language Widely spoken Abkhazia [a]: 2
Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), [d] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12] Its capital and most populous city is Vientiane.