ອ - middle consonant
Lao Alphabet - Middle Consonants
ອ
This is read in the alphabet as 'or aarng'
It is a silent consonant
ອ
This is read in the alphabet as 'or aarng'
It is a silent consonant
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| to read ອ່ນ (aarn) waist ແອວ (ae-ow) |
basin ອ່າງ (arng) out, exit ອອກ (oa-rk) |
Lao Fonts
Download Lao fonts
- Phetsarath OT ສບາຍດີ ຢຟໂຖຸູຄຕຈຂ
- Dok Champa ສບາຍດີ ຢຟໂຖຸູຄຕຈຂ
- Saysettha OT ສບາຍດີ ຢຟໂຖຸູຄຕຈຂ
- Vang Vieng Unicode ສບາຍດີ ຢຟໂຖຸູຄຕຈຂ
Keyboard Configurations
Install Lao Font and Keyboard for Windows 7
Now that I've upgraded to Windows 7, there is a simpler way to install the keyboard and fonts for Windows 7.
Here is my LaoTravel's easy installation guide. I hope it helps all you learn to read and write Lao now!
1. Go to Control Panel
2. In the search bar in the top right corner, type in Font
3. Click on View Install Fonts
4. Down on the left bottom corner, click Text Services and Input Language
5. This opens a new window. To the left there is a button, Add. Click on this button
6. There will be a long list of different languages. Choose Lao (Lao P.D.R), then tick the box under Keyboard that says Lao
7. Now you will have two keyboard installed services. One is Lao (Lao PDR) and the other is the initially installed keyboard.
8. Don't close the window yet. Select the third tab Advanced Key Settings
9. Here you can choose to assing quick hot keys to switch keyboards. Click on Change Key Sequence. Here you can input your own hot key combination. Personally I select the Not Assigned option as I often use hotkeys for other functions. With the Not Assigned option selected, you simply switch between languages by clicking on the language icon which sits on the taskbar near the date and clock of Windows 7
10. Installing fonts is even easier! Download the following fonts from my other post here
11. Go back to the Fonts window (it is the window that you are at after Step 3).
12. Simply copy the fonts that you downloaded from Step 10, and paste them into the fonts window (the one from Step 3). This will 'install' or place the new fonts into the fonts library.
Temples in Laos
Historical sites of Laos include museums, architects,
forests, mountains and waterfalls. But the temple is one of the most
attractive to examine about Lao culture. Those who don’t understand
religions say that the temple is the place for offerings and a place
for lazy people. In fact, the temple is very important for Lao people
and their daily lives.
Temples have been built for monks, novices and their followers to conduct Bhuddist teachings and organise Bhuddist ceremonies. Other roles and activities that are performed in the temples are:
Luang Prabang
Pakse
Temples have been built for monks, novices and their followers to conduct Bhuddist teachings and organise Bhuddist ceremonies. Other roles and activities that are performed in the temples are:
- Library, a place to study, research Bhuddism
- Museum and places to produce art
- Meeting places for all
- Use as visiting rooms or guest house for the poor and the orphanage
The temple is a respected and magical centre.
Entering the temple, people should be respectful and dress appropriate.
The temple is more beautiful than houses because the villagers offer
their best items to the temple. Therefore temples are a great heritage
fo the whole society and the nation. In the past, the temple acted as
the centre of villages as any new village needed to have one. Some
villages have more than one temple.
The more famous temples of Laos are: |
| Sim Wat That Luang, North Vientiane |
Luang Prabang
- Wat Manolom – built by Chao Samsenethai, son of FaNgum King in the 14th century (1378-1379)
- Wat Visoune built by Chao Vixounenalath 1540
- Wat Xiangthong built by Sayset Thathirath in 1560
- Wat Sene Soukalam by Kingkitsalath in 1718
- Wat Luang by Manthatoulath in 1818
- Wat Mai built by Chao Souvannaphoummaram in the 15-16th century
- Wat Phrakeo built in 1565
- Wat Sisaket 1824 built by Anouvong
- Wat Ong Tue in the 15th century
- Want Inpeng in the 16th century
- Wat ThatLuang
- Wat Sokphaluang
- Wat Simoung
- Wat Xaignaphoum
- Wat Xaignamonkhoune
- Wat Pho
- Wat Prabath
- Wat Phu Champassak
The temples above are the ones found in the big
cities and along eh Meknong. Others in the mountainous and remote
provinces like Houaphan, Xiangkhoang, Salavan, Attapue were almost
deystroyed by the war. The temple or Wat is the place to organise the
Bhuddist ceremonies and rites such as: Bun, Bhuddist ceremonies which
is performed once every year. No one can separate the temple and the
ceremonies.
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| Sim Wat Simuang Temple, Vientiane |
The National Emblem
The National Emblem
The national emblem or seal features a near-complete
circle formed by curving rice stalks which enclose six component symbols
of the productive proletarian stat: Vientiane's Pha That Luang (which
represents religion); a checkerboard of rice fields (agriculture); gear
cogs (industry); a dam ((energy); a highway (transport); and a grove of
trees (forestry). At the bottom under the gear cog, there is a red
ribbon with the inscription in Lao “Sathalanalat Pasathipatai Pasason
Lao” meaning which is the official name of the country - Lao People's
Democratic Republic.
History of Laos (Brief)
History
PREHISTORIC MAN
Earliest signs of mankind was discovered in Huaphan and Luang Prabang provinces in the form of stone tools. Prehistoric man in the stages of hunter and gatherers roamed over Laos around 40,000 years ago. The mystical Plain of Jars are a testament to an agriculturist society which seemed to appear during the 4th millenia BC.
MIDDLE AGES
Between the fourth and eighth century communities along the Mekong river began to form into townships, called muang. King Fa Ngum (1353-73) was recognised to have unified Laos in 1353 establishing the capital at Luang Prabang and ruled a kingdom called Larn Xang (million elephants ) which covered much of what today is Thailand and Laos. He is also credited with the introduction of Theravada Buddhism and much of Khmer civilization into Laos. Further successors especially King Setthathirat in the 16th century helped establish Buddhism as the predominant religion of the country. The kingdom was further expanded by King Setthathirat who ruled from 1548-1571 who moved the capital to Vientiane and built That Luang Stupa, a venerated religious shrine and a temple to house the Phra Keo (the Emerald Buddha). Settathirat is revered as one of the great Lao kings because he protected the nation from foreign conquest. When he disappeared in 1574 on a military campaign, the kingdom rapidly declined and was subject to Burmese invasion. There was a quick and lackluster succession of kings after Settathirat.
In the 17 th century internal fightings for the throne took place leading to the breakup of Larn Xang into three kingdoms- Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Champassak. During the next two centuries, the kingdoms were overrun by the armies of neighbouring countires. Siam established supremacy over most of Laos whilst the Vietnamese were influencing the northwest region. In the 1820s, Vientiane’s King Anou rebelled against Siamese interference and attacked the Thais. The Thai response was to sack Vientiane in 1827, razing most of the city.
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COLONIAL AGE
After French explorations in the late 19th century Siam was displaced by the French whom incorporated Laos into the union of Indochina. The king of Siam, seeking to keep Thailand free of foreign domination, ceded a large tract of territory – equivalent of what is now Laos and Cambodia combined – to the French. However the destruction of battle was left behind in the form of a decimated Vientiane. The Siamese took the Emerald Buddha to Bangkok where it remains today at Wat Pra Keo. The Franco-Siamese treaty of 1907 defined the present Lao boundary with Thailand. To recover its full rights and its sovereignty the Lao people started fighting against the French regime.
During the colonial period, administration, health care, and education hardly made any impact or progress at all. There was little interest in developing in Laos due to the country’s geographical nature. It was too mountainous for plantations, there was little in the way of mining, and the Mekong was not suitable for commercial navigation.
After 50 years of French rule the Japanese during WW2, occupied French Indochina including Laos. King Sisavangvong of Luang Prabang was induced to declare independence from France in 1945 by the Japanese just prior to Japan's surrender, despite the King siding with the French. In September 1945 Vientiane and Champassak united with Luang Prabang to form an independent government under the Free Lao (Lao Issara) banner. However in 1946 French troops with the help of King Sisavanvong, reoccupied the country forming a Royal Lao government and the Lao Issara dissolved and a splinter group called the Pathet Lao formed a new resistance group based in the Northeast of Laos. The Pathet Lao were led by Prince Souphanouvong and backed by the Vietminh of North Vietnam who regarded the royalist government as Western-dominated . In 1954 France lost the battle at Dien Bien Phu against the Vietnamese which began the breakup of Indochina. France formally recognized the independence of Laos in 1949 but it wasn’t until 1954 at an International conference, the Geneva Agreement on Indochina was signed establishing the independence of Laos. At this point the US started supplying the Royal Lao Government with arms, seeing the threat of communism spreading.The US-backed Royal Lao Government ruled over a divided country from 1951 to 1954. The Geneva Conference of July 1954 granted full independence to Laos but did not settle the issue of who would rule. In 1957 an agreement was reached between the royal forces and the Pathet Lao, but in 1959 the coalition government collapsed and hostilities were renewed. Fighting broke out between the Royal Lao Army and the Pathet Lao in 1960; in 1961, a neutral independent government was set up under Prince Souvanna Phouma, based in Vientiane. There was a three way struggle for power among among neutralist, rightist, and Communist forces.
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VIETNAM WAR
In the same year with Pathet Lao and neutralist forces in control of about half the country, a cease-fire was arranged. A 14-nation conference convened in Geneva, producing (1962) another agreement providing for the neutrality of Laos under a unified government. An attempt to integrate the three military forces failed and the Pathet Lao began moving against neutralist troops. During the the next decade, Laos was engulfed by the actions of war. There was Chinese influence in the North, Vietnamese along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the east, the Thais and US in the west and Khmer Rouge in the south. The US, launching from Thailand, began bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail to stop the Vietnamese transports and supplies moving. This lead to more bombs being dropped on Laos than ever and was more than the total bombs dropped over Europe by all sides during WW2. It is estimated that a bomb was dropped every 8 minutes continuously for 9 years. The campaign was shrouded in secrecy due to the Geneva Accord of 1962 stating no foreign personnel were allowed to operate on Laotian territory. So secret was the campaign that pilots were dressed in civilian clothing and were insructed to take suicide pills if they were caught.
In 1972 the Pathet Lao renamed itself the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) which went on to join a new coalition government in Laos. Nonetheless the political struggle between communists, neutralists and rightists continued. After Communist victories in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1975 the LPRP took control, abolished the monarchy established and the communist Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) was established.
The new communist government imposed centralized economic decision-making and broad security measures including control of the media and the arrest and incarceration of many members of the previous government and military in "re-education camps". These policies along with the government’s efforts to enforce political control prompted an exodus of lowland Lao and ethnic Hmong from Laos. Many crossed the Mekong into Thailand or the mountains into Burma. About 10% of the Lao population sought refugee status after 1975 and many now reside in France, the US and Australia.
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RECOVERY
Over time the Lao government closed the re-education camps and released most political prisoners. From 1975 to 1996 the U.S. resettled some 250 000 Lao refugees from Thailand including 130 000 Hmong. By the end of 1997 27 600 Hmong and lowland Lao had repatriated to Laos: 3 500 from China the rest from Thailand. Through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and non-governmental organizations the U.S. has supported a variety of reintegration assistance programs throughout Laos. UNHCR monitors returnees and reports no evidence of systemic persecution or discrimination to date. As of August 1998 there were 1 300 Hmong and lowland Lao remaining at Ban Napho camp in Thailand who were being screened by the Thai Government and UNHCR.
In the early 1990s Laos abandoned economic communism for capitalism, but the party retained tight political control, and political dissent was harshly suppressed. Meanwhile, the nation pursued improved relations with such former enemies as China, Thailand, and the United States. Kaysone became president in 1991. He died the following year and was succeeded as president by Nouhak Phoumsavan. Khamtai Siphandon became party leader and, when Nouhak retired in 1998, assumed the job of president as well. Laos was admitted to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1997.
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PREHISTORIC MAN
Earliest signs of mankind was discovered in Huaphan and Luang Prabang provinces in the form of stone tools. Prehistoric man in the stages of hunter and gatherers roamed over Laos around 40,000 years ago. The mystical Plain of Jars are a testament to an agriculturist society which seemed to appear during the 4th millenia BC.
MIDDLE AGES
Between the fourth and eighth century communities along the Mekong river began to form into townships, called muang. King Fa Ngum (1353-73) was recognised to have unified Laos in 1353 establishing the capital at Luang Prabang and ruled a kingdom called Larn Xang (million elephants ) which covered much of what today is Thailand and Laos. He is also credited with the introduction of Theravada Buddhism and much of Khmer civilization into Laos. Further successors especially King Setthathirat in the 16th century helped establish Buddhism as the predominant religion of the country. The kingdom was further expanded by King Setthathirat who ruled from 1548-1571 who moved the capital to Vientiane and built That Luang Stupa, a venerated religious shrine and a temple to house the Phra Keo (the Emerald Buddha). Settathirat is revered as one of the great Lao kings because he protected the nation from foreign conquest. When he disappeared in 1574 on a military campaign, the kingdom rapidly declined and was subject to Burmese invasion. There was a quick and lackluster succession of kings after Settathirat.
In the 17 th century internal fightings for the throne took place leading to the breakup of Larn Xang into three kingdoms- Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Champassak. During the next two centuries, the kingdoms were overrun by the armies of neighbouring countires. Siam established supremacy over most of Laos whilst the Vietnamese were influencing the northwest region. In the 1820s, Vientiane’s King Anou rebelled against Siamese interference and attacked the Thais. The Thai response was to sack Vientiane in 1827, razing most of the city.
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COLONIAL AGE
After French explorations in the late 19th century Siam was displaced by the French whom incorporated Laos into the union of Indochina. The king of Siam, seeking to keep Thailand free of foreign domination, ceded a large tract of territory – equivalent of what is now Laos and Cambodia combined – to the French. However the destruction of battle was left behind in the form of a decimated Vientiane. The Siamese took the Emerald Buddha to Bangkok where it remains today at Wat Pra Keo. The Franco-Siamese treaty of 1907 defined the present Lao boundary with Thailand. To recover its full rights and its sovereignty the Lao people started fighting against the French regime.
During the colonial period, administration, health care, and education hardly made any impact or progress at all. There was little interest in developing in Laos due to the country’s geographical nature. It was too mountainous for plantations, there was little in the way of mining, and the Mekong was not suitable for commercial navigation.
After 50 years of French rule the Japanese during WW2, occupied French Indochina including Laos. King Sisavangvong of Luang Prabang was induced to declare independence from France in 1945 by the Japanese just prior to Japan's surrender, despite the King siding with the French. In September 1945 Vientiane and Champassak united with Luang Prabang to form an independent government under the Free Lao (Lao Issara) banner. However in 1946 French troops with the help of King Sisavanvong, reoccupied the country forming a Royal Lao government and the Lao Issara dissolved and a splinter group called the Pathet Lao formed a new resistance group based in the Northeast of Laos. The Pathet Lao were led by Prince Souphanouvong and backed by the Vietminh of North Vietnam who regarded the royalist government as Western-dominated . In 1954 France lost the battle at Dien Bien Phu against the Vietnamese which began the breakup of Indochina. France formally recognized the independence of Laos in 1949 but it wasn’t until 1954 at an International conference, the Geneva Agreement on Indochina was signed establishing the independence of Laos. At this point the US started supplying the Royal Lao Government with arms, seeing the threat of communism spreading.The US-backed Royal Lao Government ruled over a divided country from 1951 to 1954. The Geneva Conference of July 1954 granted full independence to Laos but did not settle the issue of who would rule. In 1957 an agreement was reached between the royal forces and the Pathet Lao, but in 1959 the coalition government collapsed and hostilities were renewed. Fighting broke out between the Royal Lao Army and the Pathet Lao in 1960; in 1961, a neutral independent government was set up under Prince Souvanna Phouma, based in Vientiane. There was a three way struggle for power among among neutralist, rightist, and Communist forces.
-top-
VIETNAM WAR
In the same year with Pathet Lao and neutralist forces in control of about half the country, a cease-fire was arranged. A 14-nation conference convened in Geneva, producing (1962) another agreement providing for the neutrality of Laos under a unified government. An attempt to integrate the three military forces failed and the Pathet Lao began moving against neutralist troops. During the the next decade, Laos was engulfed by the actions of war. There was Chinese influence in the North, Vietnamese along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the east, the Thais and US in the west and Khmer Rouge in the south. The US, launching from Thailand, began bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail to stop the Vietnamese transports and supplies moving. This lead to more bombs being dropped on Laos than ever and was more than the total bombs dropped over Europe by all sides during WW2. It is estimated that a bomb was dropped every 8 minutes continuously for 9 years. The campaign was shrouded in secrecy due to the Geneva Accord of 1962 stating no foreign personnel were allowed to operate on Laotian territory. So secret was the campaign that pilots were dressed in civilian clothing and were insructed to take suicide pills if they were caught.
In 1972 the Pathet Lao renamed itself the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) which went on to join a new coalition government in Laos. Nonetheless the political struggle between communists, neutralists and rightists continued. After Communist victories in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1975 the LPRP took control, abolished the monarchy established and the communist Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) was established.
The new communist government imposed centralized economic decision-making and broad security measures including control of the media and the arrest and incarceration of many members of the previous government and military in "re-education camps". These policies along with the government’s efforts to enforce political control prompted an exodus of lowland Lao and ethnic Hmong from Laos. Many crossed the Mekong into Thailand or the mountains into Burma. About 10% of the Lao population sought refugee status after 1975 and many now reside in France, the US and Australia.
-top-
RECOVERY
Over time the Lao government closed the re-education camps and released most political prisoners. From 1975 to 1996 the U.S. resettled some 250 000 Lao refugees from Thailand including 130 000 Hmong. By the end of 1997 27 600 Hmong and lowland Lao had repatriated to Laos: 3 500 from China the rest from Thailand. Through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and non-governmental organizations the U.S. has supported a variety of reintegration assistance programs throughout Laos. UNHCR monitors returnees and reports no evidence of systemic persecution or discrimination to date. As of August 1998 there were 1 300 Hmong and lowland Lao remaining at Ban Napho camp in Thailand who were being screened by the Thai Government and UNHCR.
In the early 1990s Laos abandoned economic communism for capitalism, but the party retained tight political control, and political dissent was harshly suppressed. Meanwhile, the nation pursued improved relations with such former enemies as China, Thailand, and the United States. Kaysone became president in 1991. He died the following year and was succeeded as president by Nouhak Phoumsavan. Khamtai Siphandon became party leader and, when Nouhak retired in 1998, assumed the job of president as well. Laos was admitted to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1997.
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ປ - middle consonant
Lao Alphabet - Middle Consonants
ປ
This is read in the alphabet as 'bpor bpaa'
It sounds like the letter 'p' as pronounced in the word "spot"
ປ
This is read in the alphabet as 'bpor bpaa'
It sounds like the letter 'p' as pronounced in the word "spot"
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| fish ປາ (bpaa) door ປະຕູ (bpa- dtoo) |
pen ປາກກາ (bpaak - ga) book ປຶ້ມ (bpeurm) |
Places of Interest
Wat Phu
Wat Phu means mountain temple and
is a Khmer styled temple that dates back to the 5th century. The
original temple was built by the Khmer Hindus at the top of a hill at
the site of a fresh water spring. The peak of the hill is said to
resemble a lingum or Shiva Phallus. The exact history of Wat Phu is
unclear, but was certainly the site of a temple of the Khmer empire
that eventually made Ankor Wat its capital. The temple is stunning,
and very remote, with superb views of the Mekong valley. At the top of
the temple site are a number of carved rocks, resembling a crocodile, a
naga and an elephant. It is believed that these rocks were used for
human sacrifice. There is a museum at the base of Wat Phu and provides
excellent insight into the museum.
Bolaven Plataeu
Situated on the north east of
Champassak province, the plateau covers parts of Salavan, Attapeu and
Sekong provinces although there are more options for tourists visiting
the plateau in Pakse. The plateau is fertile farmland specialising in
coffee, tea, cardamom and fruit. The plateau houses a dozen mainly
animist ethnic minorities, including Laven, Alak, Katou, Ta-Oy, Houne,
Ngai and Suk communities. Accomodation on the plateau is limited, but
Tad Lo waterfalls has a number of bungalows where you can enjoy
trekking and elephant rides.
That Luang
Pha That Luang in Lao means Great Sacred Reliquary or
Great Stupa. Legend has it that Ashokan missionaries from India erected
a reliquary stupa in its original location to hose a breastbone of the
Bhudda as early as the 3rd century BC, but there has been no evidence
to support this. The earliest physical remains of a religious structure
on this site, however, seem to date from a Khmer monastery around the
12th century.
In
the mid-16th century King Setthathirat moved the capital from Luang
Prabang to Vientiane and ordered construction of That Luang.
Construction began in 1566 AD with four wats built around the stupa,
one on each side. Today only two remain Wat That Luang Neua (which
means north side Wat) and Wat That Luang Neua (south side).
The monument is a bright golden missile like
cluster which presents an awe inspiring view when travelling towards
it, especially on a bright sunny day against the backdrop of a blue
sky. It appears to be constructed entirely of gold with its shiny
surfaces extending upwards. You can walk around the structure by
yourself to contemplate the Bhuddist doctrines. There are three levels,
each conveying a reflection of part of the Buddhist doctrine. Visitors
are supposed to contemplate the meaning of the doctrines as they walk
around. The first level is a square base measuring 68m by 69m that
supports 323 ordination stones called sima. The second level is 48m by
48m and is surrounded by 120 lotus peals. There are 288 simas on this
level as well as 30 small stupas symbolising the 30 Bhuddist
perfections, beginning with alms-giving and ending with equanimity. The
stupas at one time contained smaller gold stupas and gold leaves, but
these were taken by Chinese bandits while That Luang was abandoned in
the 19th century.
That
Luang was severely damaged in the 18th and 19th century by invading
Burmese and Siamese armies. During a Siamese invasion in 1828, Vientiane
was ransacked and depopulated to such an extent that That Luang
remained abandoned until it was badly restored under the French rule in
1900. Between 1931 and 1935 a French university department
reconstructed That Luang to its current form. Pha That Luang is about 4km north-east of the centre of Vientiane at the en of Thanon That Luang. Facing the compound is a statue of King Setthathirat. The temple is the site of a major festival in early November. It is open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday from 8 to 11.30am and 2 to 4.30pm, closed on Monday and public holidays. Admission fee is 500kip per person.
Lao national anthem
I can't remember ever hearing the Lao national anthem as a child back in the early 80s so here it is:
Post 1947
The original lyrics prior to 1947 were
Post 1947
| Lao ຊາດລາວຕັ້ງແຕ່ໃດມາ ລາວທຸກຖ້ວນຫນ້າເຊີດຊູສຸດໃຈ ຮ່ວມແຮງຮ່ວມຈິດຮ່ວມໃຈ ສາມັກຄີກັນເປັນກຳລັງດຽວ ເດັດດ່ຽວພ້ອມກັນກ້າວຫນ້າ ບູຊາຊູກຽດຂອງລາວ ສົ່ງເສີມໃຊ້ສິດເປັນເຈົ້າ ລາວທຸກຊົນເຜົ່າສະເໝີພາບກັນ ບໍ່ໃຫ້ຝູງຈັກກະພັດ ແລະພວກຂາຍຊາດເຂົ້າມາລົບກວນ ລາວທັງມວນຊູເອກະລາດ ອິດສະລະພາບຂອງຊາດລາວໄວ້ ຕັດສິນໃຈສູ້ຊິງເອົາໄຊ ພາຊາດກ້າວໄປສູ່ຄວາມວັດທະນາ | English Translation For all time the Lao people Have glorified their Fatherland, United in heart, Spirit and vigour as one. Resolutely moving forwards, Respecting and increasing the dignity of the Lao people And proclaiming the right to be their own masters. The Lao people of all origins are equal And will no longer allow imperialists And traitors to harm them. The entire people will safeguard the independence And the freedom of the Lao nation. They are resolved to struggle for victory In order to lead the nation to prosperity. |
| Lao ຊາດລາວຕັ້ງແຕ່ເດີມມາ ຂື້ນຊື່ລືຊາຢູ່ໃນອາຊີ ຊາວລາວຜູກພັນໄມຕຼີ ຮ່ວມສາມັກຄີຮັກຫໍ່ໂຮມກັນ ຮັກຊາດຮັກປະເທດເຮົາ ຮັກເຈົ້າປົກເກດເກສາ ໂຮມຮັກຮ່ວມສາສນາ ແຕ່ບູຮານມາຮັກສາດິນແດນ ບໍ່ໃຫ້ຊາດໃດມາລວນ ຮາວີຮົບກວນຍາດແຍ່ງຊີງເອົາ ໃຜຂືນເຂົ້າມາລູ່ວຸ່ນວາຍ ສູ້ຈົນຕົວຕາຍຕ້ານທານສັດຕຼູ ຊ່ວຍເຊີດຊູເລືອດເນື້ອເຊື້ອເຜົ່າ ຟື້ນຟູກູ້ເອົາບັນເທົາທຸກກັນ | English Translation In the old days, our Lao people Were famous all over Asia. Because the Lao Were united in love. Still today, they love their people and country And rally around their leaders. They preserve the religion of their fathers, And protect the soil of their ancestors. They will never allow another nation to threaten them Or to occupy their territory. Every enemy who enters their country Will find them ready to fight until death. All together, they can restore the ancient glory of their blood, and they will stand together in the days of danger. |
ບ ແບ້ alphabet flash card
ບ - middle consonant
sounds like the sound 'b' as pronounced in the word "bag"
sounds like the sound 'b' as pronounced in the word "bag"
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| goat ແບ້ (bae), leaf ໃບໄມ (bai mai) |
house ບ້ານ (baarn), to fly ບິນ (bin) |
ດ ເດັກ (alphabet flash card)
ດ - middle consonant
sounds like the letter 'd' as pronounced in the word "dog"
sounds like the letter 'd' as pronounced in the word "dog"
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| child ເດັກ (dek) star ດາວ (dao) |
to pull ດຶງ (deurng) nose ດັງ (nose) |
Installing Lao font for Windows (Word)
There's a free download from
http://sites.google.com/site/eng2lao/home/lao-font-and-windows-xp/configure-lao-unicode-keyboard-and-font-on-windows-xp
There is one installation file, and the other is a pdf manual on how to install which provides excellent instructions. The files are:
http://sites.google.com/site/eng2lao/home/lao-font-and-windows-xp/configure-lao-unicode-keyboard-and-font-on-windows-xp
There is one installation file, and the other is a pdf manual on how to install which provides excellent instructions. The files are:
ກ ໄກ່ (alphabet flash card)
ກ middle consonant
sounds like the letter 'g' as pronounced in the word "goat"
*You may need to be patient to wait for the audio to load (up to 5secs).
sounds like the letter 'g' as pronounced in the word "goat"
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chicken ໄກ່ (gai), key ກາແຈ (ga-jaer) listen: | bone ກະດູກ (ga-doog), banana ກວ້ຍ (guay) listen: |
*You may need to be patient to wait for the audio to load (up to 5secs).
