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Lao script or Akson Lao (Lao: ອັກສອນລາວ [ʔák.sɔ̌ːn láːw]) is the primary script used to write the Lao language and other minority languages in Laos. Its earlier form, the Tai Noi script , was also used to write the Isan language , but was replaced by the Thai script .
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Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ, [pʰáː sǎː láːw] ), sometimes referred to...
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The table below shows the Lao consonant letters and their...
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Beginning. References. Lao script is the writing system used...
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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.
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Native name: ລາວ (lao) [láːw], ພາສາລາວ (phasa lao) [pʰáːsǎːláːw] Language family: Kra-Dai, Tai, Southwestern Tai, Lao-Phutai, Lao; Number of speakers: c. 4.5 million; Spoken in: Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, USA; First written: c. 1350; Writing system: Lao script (ອັກສອນລາວ) [ʔáksɔ̌ːn láːw]
Lao script or Akson Lao is the primary script used to write the Lao language and other minority languages in Laos. Its earlier form, the Tai Noi script, was also used to write the Isan language, but was replaced by the Thai script. It has 27 consonants , 7 consonantal ligatures , 33 vowels , and 4 tone marks .
Beginning. References. Lao script is the writing system used to write the Lao language. It is based on the Khmer script. Since the Thai script was also based on the Khmer script, Lao script is very similar. Like Thai, it is an abugida, it has tone markers, and it has three classes of consonants that decides the tone of syllables. [1] .
The table below shows the Lao consonant letters and their transcriptions according to IPA ( International Phonetic Alphabet ,) BGN/PCGN romanization (1966 system) and LC (US ALA-LC romanization ,) as well as the transcriptions used in the Unicode names of the letters, and in official Lao government usage. Character.
Lao writing is a direct descendant of an Indian script adapted by the Cambodians and later borrowed and modified by the Thai King Rama Khamheng in the 13th century. The Lao alphabet is therefore essentially the same as the modern Thai alphabet, the most obvious difference being in the shape or style of the letters.
