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Lao

Kra–Dai language of Southeast Asia

Also known as Laotian · Laotian language · Lao language

Speakers: 5,225,552(2006)
Subclass of: Southwestern Tai
Script: Lao
Indigenous to: Banteay Meanchey Province
, Prey Veng Province
, Stung Treng Province
+3 more

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Lao, sometimes referred to as Laotian, is a Southwestern Tai language and the official language of Laos. It is also spoken in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand, where it is usually called the Isan language. The political split of the Lao-speaking population along the Mekong River resulted from the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893. Lao is written in the Lao script, an abugida that evolved from early Tai scripts.

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Works in this language

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67 statements · 25% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Wikimedia language code: lo
Native label: ພາສາລາວ ipa transcription: pʰáːsǎː láːw · transliteration or transcription: Phasa Lao
ລາວ‎ transliteration or transcription: Lào
ລາວ
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1.github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/main/lo.xml
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Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object
isolating language
noun-adjective
analytic language
Ethnologue language status: 1 National
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/laoRetrieved 2019-05-10
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Country: Cambodia
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1.“ScriptSource - Cambodia”scriptsource.org/country/KHRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Laos
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1.“ScriptSource - Laos”scriptsource.org/country/LARetrieved 2023-08-21
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Category for films in this language: Category:Lao-language films
Category for music in this language: Category:Lao-language music

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38 identifiers linking Lao across the web's reference databases

20.0000, 103.0000OpenStreetMap ↗

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