Lao (ພາສາລາວ phaasaa laao) also Laotian, is the official language of Laos. It is a tonal language of the Tai family, and is so closely related to the Isan language of the northeast region of Thailand that the two are often classed as one language. The writing system of Lao is an abugida (a writing system composed of signs denoting consonants with an inherent following vowel) and is closely related to the writing system used in Thai.
The Lao language can be divided into five main dialects :
* Vientiane Lao
* Northern Lao (Luang Prabang)
* North-Eastern Lao (Xieng Khouang)
* Central Lao (Khammouan)
* Southern Lao (Champasak)
Vientiane Lao, the predominant dialect due to its use in the capital (whence it gets its name), is widely understood throughout the country, and all the dialects are for the most part mutually intelligible.
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It was spectacular ending to the 24th SEA Games earlier in the closing ceremony.
As the flag is passed on to the next country to host the SEA Games, we reflect of the one we had.
It was a well organised 24th SEA Games by the King and Kingdom, and we look forward to the 25th SEA Games in Laos 2009
It will be Laos first time hosting the SEA Games and estimated 25 sports will be contested.
If Laos failed to meet qualifications to hold the event in time, the games would be moved to Singapore.
As for us here at this website, we would like to thank for your support and feedback at the site and interaction at the chatbox. Despite user differences at times seen at the chatbox, we’re still so much similar being we’re all from South East Asia region.
Let’s not forget the fair-play in such games and lose sight of it. It’s an eye opener for us maintaining this website with the limited resource available to us and we’ll try to do better on the next games. Thank you
