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Thai to Lao

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DrM
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18 June 2009 at 3:28am | IP Logged 
Now that I have a decent grasp of the Thai language I'm looking to learn Lao, which is very similar.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend some materials to me that would take advantage of my knowledge of Thai, or anything at all really.

Thank you in advance
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Guido
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18 June 2009 at 7:23am | IP Logged 

There are 30 lessons in "Spoken Lao". You should download the fonts etc.
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/

Enjoy it! and have a nice day!
Guido .-
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Fat-tony
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18 June 2009 at 6:16pm | IP Logged 
I've not found any Thai-to-Lao materials. If your Thai is pretty good, doing a simple
course like the SEA one should be enough to learn the common uniquely Lao words, after
which you can move on to native materials.
The two languages are very close, especially if your exposure to Thai is via Isaan
natives. However, the dialects of Lao differ quite a lot and standard Lao isn't as
widespread and universal as standard Thai.
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DrM
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18 June 2009 at 7:18pm | IP Logged 
Thank you everyone, I wish I would have known about the SEA site when I started studying Thai.

I just got back from a year abroad in Thailand so my Thai is decent, but all my friends from the area here in the States are actually Lao, so I'm hoping just hanging out with them will get me up to speed, but I'd also like to do some personal study.

Thanks again :)
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18 June 2009 at 7:28pm | IP Logged 
Have you thought about FSI?


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