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I am doing a project for school and i need a passage, like a newspaper article, written in Laos. HELP!

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Notable features
Syllables are based around consonants. Vowels are indicated with diacritics which can appear above, below or around the consonant letters. When they occur on their own or at the beginning of a word, vowels are attached to the glottal stop symbol (the final letter in the third row of consonants).
Lao is a tonal language with 6 tones. The tone of a syllable is determined by a combination of the class of consonant, the type of syllable (open or closed), the tone marker and the length of the vowel (see below).
For some consonants there are multiple letters. Originally they represented separate sounds, but over the years the distinction between those sounds was lost and the letters were used instead to indicate tones. Various offical reforms of the Lao script have reduced the number of duplicate consonants.
There are no spaces between words, instead spaces in a Lao text indicate the end of a clause or sentence.
Written Lao is based on the dialect of the Lao capital, Vientiene.
There is no official Latin transliteration system for Lao. In Laos, French-based systems are used and there is considerable variation in spelling, particularly of vowels. In Thailand, the Royal Thai General Transcription is used. Educated Lao people can also read written Thai.
Used to write
Lao, a Thai-Kadai language spoken by approximately 15 million people in Laos and Thailand. It is closely related to Thai and speakers of Lao are able to understand spoken Thai without too many difficulties. Thai speakers find it more difficult to understand Lao due to lack of exposure to the language.

Lao alphabet
Consonants
Consonants are divided into three classes which help to determine the tone of a syllable (indicated by the numbers below). The sounds represented by some consonants change when they are used at the end of a syllable (indicated by the letters on the right of the slash below). The consonants can all be used at the beginning of a syllable but only some can be used at the end of a syllable.



The consonants in the final row are compounds and conjuncts used as alternatives to the basic consonants.

Vowel diacritics (with k)


Numerals


Tone indication
Open syllables Closed syllables *
unmarked short vowel long vowel
Class 1 low mid high falling high low falling
Class 2 low rising mid low falling high low falling
Class 3 high mid high falling mid high falling

* Closed syllables are those ending with p, t or k

Sample text


Transliteration
Manut thuk khôn kœ̄t māmīkẏat sâk sī, sitthi, sēlī phôp læ khwôm smœ̄ phôp thàw thẏam kân. Thuk thuk khôn mīhēt phôn læ khwômkhit khwôm hian swàn tôw khɔ̄̄ṅ phai khɔ̄ṅ mân, tǣ̀vồ manut thuk thuk khôn khwan paphʉt tàṁ kân khʉ̄ kân kâp pianốy nɔ̄́ṅ kân.

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Useful phrases in Lao

Lao language courses, dictionaries, etc.

Links
Free Lao fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Lao.html
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/lao.html
http://www.global.lao.net/lswin
http://welcome.to/laofonts
http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/Lang/Lao.html

Online Lao lessons and other useful resources
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/LaoLanguage/Lao_language_fp.htm
http://www.laosoftware.com

LaoNet - information on Laos and the Laotian language
http://www.global.lao.net

Thai-Isan-Lao Phrasebook
http://www.phrasebook.thai-isan-lao.com

Virtual Lao Keyboard
http://mog.software.free.fr/Lao/

"Vientiane" Rapturina's photos around Vientiane, Lao Peoples Dem Rep


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