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| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5336 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 1 of 9 20 April 2010 at 5:54am | IP Logged | ||
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It said there were only 11 other people who have taken up Laotian on this forum, why is
that? I am having a lot of fun with Laotian, grammar is quite easy making for less study while the writing system is harder - which I like in a language - making for more practice. I only started today and I've had quite a lot of fun with it :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 9 20 April 2010 at 7:06am | IP Logged | ||
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I believe people are more interested in neighboring languages like Thai, the Northern dialects of Thai are mutually intelligible with Laotian.
It is a nice language though :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| mrpootys Groupie United States Joined 5611 days ago 62 posts - 69 votes Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 9 20 April 2010 at 7:13am | IP Logged | ||
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There are many people studying Thai, which is practically Lao. The difference is about the same as the difference between American and British English. I have never met a single Thai or Laotion, that could not understand the other. Edited by mrpootys on 20 April 2010 at 7:14am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5336 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 4 of 9 20 April 2010 at 7:15am | IP Logged | ||
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Really? I didn't know Laotian and Thai were so similar.
What are the differences? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5339 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 5 of 9 20 April 2010 at 7:31am | IP Logged | ||
Mostly the difference is in accent and emphasis. However they are basically the same language. Edit- Here is a video demonstrating Thai (the four primary dialects) and a discussion on Laotian as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZw--g8GSAE Edited by Smart on 20 April 2010 at 7:35am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5336 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 6 of 9 21 April 2010 at 12:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you :D
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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6142 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 7 of 9 21 April 2010 at 6:41am | IP Logged | ||
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I think their scripts look rather similar too. I noticed this when I saw my name written in both side by side.
For comparison, here is the word for "Laos"... ...in Laotian: ປະເທດລາວ ...in Thai: ประเทศลาว 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hangdog Newbie MalaysiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6012 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Studies: French | Message 8 of 9 28 April 2010 at 10:54am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi everybody, I studied thai language for a while and speak it fairly well not very fluent and when I went to Laos I find laos language is not so sophistiacted as thai language. May be I am wrong would anyone dispute what I just said. Please I would like to know from someone who speak thai very fluent and he or she should know. So please give your opinion on this aspect of Laos language. Thanks
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