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2 days ago · 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. Spoken by over 3 million people in Laos and 3.2 million in all countries, it ...
- (undated figure of 30 million)
1 day ago · Since the late 1900s alone, Laos saw French colonization, Japanese occupation, independence and a lengthy civil war that ended in 1975, when the Pathet Lao took over the country.
3 days ago · For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Tai Tham script ( Tham meaning "scripture") is an abugida writing system used mainly for a group of Southwestern Tai languages i.e., Northern Thai, Tai Lü, Khün and Lao; as well as the liturgical languages of Buddhism i.e., Pali and Sanskrit.
- left-to-right
- New Tai Lue, Tham Lao
- Tai Tham
May 15, 2024 · This document describes the basic requirements for Lao script layout and text support on the Web and in eBooks. These requirements provide information for Web technologies such as CSS, HTML and digital publications about how to support users of Lao scripts. Currently the document focuses on Lao as used for the Lao language.
May 10, 2024 · The Hmong have used multiple scripts to write their language, of which four are held by the Library of Congress (including Romanized Popular Alphabet, Pahawh and Lao scripts). The "Vis Pheej Ntug" is written in a unique script, the ntawv puaj txwm script. This was created by a Hmong religious movement called “Kev Cai Is Npis Mis Nus.”
3 days ago · Thai script was added to the Unicode Standard in October 1991 with the release of version 1.0. The Unicode block for Thai is U+0E00–U+0E7F. It is a verbatim copy of the older TIS-620 character set which encodes the vowels เ, แ, โ, ใ and ไ before the consonants they follow, and thus Thai, Lao , Tai Viet and New Tai Lue are the only ...
- left-to-right
2 days ago · This project is supported by Loyola Notre Dame Library. Welcome to East Asia Online! This site collects archival resources and bibliographical information that might interest scholars, students, and readers of East Asian studies. This site also includes a list of Yu's personal collection of primary sources through years of archival research.<br ...
