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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The official and majority language is '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_language Lao]''', a language of the Tai-Kadai language family. <br> | |||
However, only slightly more than half of the population speaks Lao natively. The remainder, particularly in rural areas, speak ethnic minority languages. | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
* [https://wikitravel.org/en/Lao_phrasebook Loa Phrasebook] - WikiTravel | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||
'''Alphabet''' | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/lao.htm#:~:text=Lao%20alphabet Lao alphabet] - Omniglot | |||
'''Pronunciation''' | |||
* [https://forvo.com/languages/lo/#:~:text=Lao%20pronunciation%20dictionary Lao pronunciation dictionary] - Frovo | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
'''Dictionary''' | |||
* Collins, D. G. ''An English-Laos dictionary.'' Chieng Mai: Mission Press, 1906. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/874734585 WorldCat]. | |||
* ''Lao phrasebook and dictionary.'' Carlton: Lonely Planet, 2020. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1229041255 WorldCat]. | |||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/lo Dictionary English - Lao] - Glosbe | |||
'''Language Aids''' | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_grammar Lao grammar] - Wikipedia | |||
* Enfield, N. J. ''A Grammar of Lao.'' Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2008. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1013942864 WorldCat]. | |||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
* Brier, Sam. ''Lao basics : an introduction to the Lao language.'' Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2010. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/884587538 WorldCat]. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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