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The main language is Isan, the name by which the Lao language is called in Thailand for political reasons, though most people in the Isan region still call it Lao among themselves and in non-official settings, but dialect from Khon Kaen is de facto standard.
Isan is the name for a number of closely related dialects which are spoken in the Northeast of Thailand and neighbouring countries. Isan is mostly used for informal communication. Isan consists of a number of dialects, there is no official language.
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Isan or Northeastern Thai refers to the local development of the Lao language in Thailand, after the political split of the Lao-speaking world at the Mekong River at the conclusion of the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893. The language is still referred to as Lao by native speakers.
Isan (อีสาน) Isan is a member of the Lao-Phuthai branch of the Tai-Kadai language family. It is spoken by about 22 million people in the Isan region in the north east of Thailand, and also in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand. From the 14th to the 18th century, the area where Isan is mainly spoken was part of the Lao kingdom of Lan ...
Before the central government introduced the Thai alphabet and language in regional schools, the people of Isan wrote in the Lao alphabet, a very similar script that Thai adopted. Most people still speak the Isan language, a dialect of the Lao language, as their first language.
Isan houses the majority of Lao speakers and the affinity of shared culture with Laos is palpable in the food, architecture, music and language of the region. In its purest spoken form, the Isan language is basically the same as Lao spoken in Laos. [3] Using just tone and some lexical items, there are at least twelve distinct speech varieties ...
About 20 million people speak the Isan language as their first language. About a third of the population of Thailand, and 80% of the speakers of Laotian understand it. Isan is the name for a number of closely related dialects which are spoken in the Northeast of Thailand and neighbouring countries.
