Within Laos, the Lao Theung are sometimes referred to by the pejorative term khaa ( Lao: ຂ ້ າ ), meaning " slave ", reflecting the fact that they were traditionally used for labour by the lowland Lao.

** Pi Mai Lao ( Lao: ປ ີ ໃໝ ່ Songkan ) in Laos

Bounnhang Vorachith ( Lao: ທ ່ ານ ບ ຸ ນຍ ັ ງ ວ ໍ ລະຈ ິ ດ ; born August 15, 1937 ) is the vice president of Laos.

Tom kha gai or Tom kha kai ( Lao: ຕ ົ້ ມຂ ່ າໄກ ່;,, ), literally " chicken galangal soup ") is a spicy hot soup in Lao cuisine and Thai cuisine.

Khammouane or Khammouan ( Lao: ຄ ໍ າມ ່ ວນ ) is a province of Laos, located in the center of the country.

The 27 consonants of the Lao alphabet are divided into three tone classes — high ( ສ ູ ງ ), middle ( ກາງ ), low ( ຕ ່ ຳ )— which determine the tonal pronunciation of the word in conjunction with the four tone marks and distinctions between short and long vowels, but aside from tone, there are 21 distinct consonant sounds that occur in the Lao language.

The large rice ball is kept in a small basket made of bamboo or tip khao ( Lao: ຕ ິ ບເຂ ົ້ າ ).

Thai-style tom kha gai does not use dill weed, whereas Lao-style tom kha gai usually contains " phak si " ( dill weed ), which is a common herb used in Lao cuisine.

The Thais ' answer to dill weed ( known in Thailand as " phak chi Lao ", since it's known locally as a Lao herb ) in Tom kha is coriander or cilantro (" phak chi " in Thai ).

The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang Hom Khao ( lâansâang-ລ ້ ານ " million " + ຊ ້ າງ " elephant "+ " Under the White Parasol ";, Sisattanakhanahut ;, ; ) was established in 1354 by Fa Ngum.

The khene (; also spelled " khaen ", " kaen " and " khen "; Lao: ແຄນ ;,, ; ) is a mouth organ of Lao origin whose pipes, which are usually made of bamboo, are connected with a small, hollowed-out hardwood reservoir into which air is blown, creating a sound similar to that of the violin.

Sepak takraw ( Malay: " sepak takraw " or " sepak raga ", Jawi: سيڤق تكراو or سيڤق راڬا ;, ; Lao: ກະຕ ໍ້ " ka-taw "; Filipino: " sipa "; Vietnamese: " cầu mây "), or kick volleyball, is a sport native to the Malay-Thai Peninsula.

In January 2009, Lao Wu announced his second departure of the band due to " personal reasons "; he is now working with an Austrian neo-classical rock artist on an album stated to be out by 2010.

A songthaew ( Malay: dua baris ; Thai สองแถว, literally " two rows "; Lao: ສອງແຖວ ) is a passenger vehicle in Malaysia, Thailand and Laos adapted from a pick-up or a larger truck and used as a share taxi.

There are other versions of the Ramayana, notably Ramavataram in Tamil, the Buddhist ( Dasaratha Jataka No. 461 ) and Jain in India, and also Cambodian, Indonesian, Philippine, Thai, Lao, Burmese and Malay versions of the tale.

Kaffir lime leaves are used in some South East Asian cuisines such as Indonesian, Lao, Cambodian, and Thailand ( มะกร ู ด ).

Lakshmana ( Sanskrit: लक ् ष ् मण, IAST ;, ; Chinese: Loman ; Indonesian and Javanese: Leksmana, Lesmana, Lesmono ; Khmer :; Lao :; Malay: Laksamana ; Maranaw: Mangawarna ; Tamil ; ) was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic Ramayana.

Some of the names in the regions in which it is consumed are: Vetrilai ( Tamil வ ெ ற ் ற ி ல ை ( vettrilai-வ ெ ற ் ற ( vettr, " variety ") + இல ை ( ilai, “ leaf ”)), Tamalapaku ( Telugu ), Vidyache pan or " Naginiche paan "( Marathi ), veeleyada yele ( Kannada ), Vettila ( Malayalam ), Plū ( Mon ), Malus ( Tetum ), Maluu ( Khmer ), Plū (), Bulath ( Sinhalese ), Malu ( Tokodede ), Bileiy ( Divehi ), bulung samat ( Kapampangan ), daun sirih ( Malaysian ), daun sirih / suruh ( Indonesian ), Papulu ( Chamorro ), Ikmo ( Philippines ), Pu ( ພ ູ) in Lao, and Trầu ( Vietnamese ), Gaweud / Gawed in ( Kalinga ).

The voice is computer-generated in ten languages: Chinese ( Singapore ), English ( every country ) Indonesian ( Indonesia ), Khmer ( Cambodia ), Lao ( Laos ), Malay ( Malaysia, Brunei ), Tagalog ( Philippines ), Tamil ( Singapore ), Thai ( Thailand ) and Vietnamese ( Vietnam )

The book has been translated into a number of languages, including Chinese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Malay, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Russian, Uyghur, Sinhala, and Lao, and many Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Assamese, Kannada, and Malayalam.

The Library collects resources about all Asian countries in Western languages extensively, and resources in the following Asian languages: Burmese, Chinese, Persian, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Manchu, Mongolian, Thai, Timorese, and Vietnamese.

Lava or Luv ( meaning " particle ", Tamil: இலவன ், Malay: Tilawi, Indonesian: Lawa, Khmer: Jupalaks, Lao: Phra Lao, Thai: Phra Lop, Telugu: లవ ు డ ు) and his twin brother Kusha, were the children of the Lord Rama and his wife Sita, whose story is recounted in the Ramayana.

A Sanskrit loanword encountered in many Southeast Asian languages is the word bhāṣā, or spoken language, which is used to mean language in general, for example bahasa in Malay, Indonesian and Tausug, basa in Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese, phasa in Thai and Lao, bhasa in Burmese, and phiesa in Khmer.

Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Auslan, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese, Chinese ( translation only ), Croatian, Czech, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hakka ( interpreter only ), Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish ( Kurmanji ), Kurdish ( Sorani ), Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mandarin, Nepali, Nuer, Oromo, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Pushto, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Tetum ( interpreter only ), Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

** Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April ( Laos )

* Rice research in Lao PDR http :// www. nafri. org. la / 05_news / news / IRRI / 15_years_of_Research. htm

* Rice Biodiversity in Lao PDR http :// www. sdc. org. vn / index. php? navID = 21483 & langID = 1,

Parallel mountain ranges extend from the Daen Lao Range ( ท ิ วเขาแดนลาว ), in the southern region of the Shan Hills, in a north / south direction, the Dawna Range ( ท ิ วเขาดอยมอนก ุ จ ู) forming the western border of Thailand between Mae Hong Son and the Salween River, the Thanon Thong Chai Range ( เท ื อกเขาถนนธงช ั ย ), the Khun Tan Range ( อยข ุ นตาน ), the Phi Pan Nam Range ( ท ิ วเขาผ ี ป ั นน ้ ำ ), as well as the western part of the Luang Prabang Range ( ะท ิ วเขาหลวงพระบาง ).

In Lao / Isan it is called nam pa, but a chunkier, more aromatic version known as padaek is also used.

In Cantonese transliteration, 刘 / 劉 ( Liú ) is Lau, Lao is also transliteration of 刘 / 劉 in Min Nan and Taiwanese Minnan Chinese language, whilst Liu is a different surname, 廖, pinyin: Liào, (" Liêu " in Vietnamese ).

Lao or Laotian ( ພາສາລາວ, BGN / PCGN: phasa lao, ) is a tonal language of the Tai – Kadai language family.

* Hekou – Lao Cai, by road and rail, is the only Sino-Vietnamese land border crossing open to non-Chinese / non-Vietnamese.

The Lao ( Lao: ລາວ, Isan: ลาว, IPA: láːw ) is an ethnic subgroup of Tai / Dai in Southeast Asia.

The English word Laotian, used interchangeably with Lao in most contexts, comes from French laotien / laotienne.

* Lao people / culture / issues

According to western journalist the Lao / Viet borderline is " very close " to the 1945 border between Laos and Tonkin and Annam, respectively.

Vichai Sitkoviseth is a singers who currently performs and re-sings of Lao original songs / Golden Oldies. เพลงลาวต ้ นแบ ั บและอำมะตะ These songs were first composed and recorded by Koviseth ไทยดำรำพ ั น, น ั้ หร ื อร ั กจร ิ ง Khamtoun Vongsanith, ต ิ อ ้ ายปอนใด, โชกต ่ างล ่ าง Khamphou Thavivane โอย ่.. ห ิ ว, อย ู่ บ ้ านดง, and Voradeth Dithavong สาวLycee สาวสม ั ย.

Cells second Lao album ' Saew ' was released by Thai label GMM / Grammy in 2007 and received top 20 radio airplay in Bangkok for hit singles ' Waan ' and ' Leuk Leuk '.

In Cambodia, it is used among the ethnic Lao population of the province of Stung Treng and is used in lakhon ken, a Cambodian dance drama genre that features the khene as the premiere instrument .< ref >< http :// www. jiras. se / lakhaon2010 / kraythong / info. html >; pictures of performance with the instrument can be seen at < http :// www. jiras. se / lakhaon2010 / kraythong / index. html ></ ref >< ref > Referred to as ' Ken Theatre ' or lakhaon ken in < http :// unesdoc. unesco. org / images / 0013 / 001352 / 135258eb. pdf

Dasharatha ( Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST Daśaratha, Tibetan: ཤ ི ང ་ ར ྟ་ བཅ ུ་ པ, Khmer: Dasarath, Malay: Dasarata, Burmese: Dasagiri, Yuan: Dattaratthah, Tamil: Dhasarathan, Thai: Thotsorot, Lao: Thotarot, Chinese: 十车王 ) was, according to Ramayana, the king of Ayodhya and a descendant of the Ikshvaku dynasty ( also known as Suryavamsha or Raghuvaṃśa ).

Indrajit ( Indrajit, Burmese: Indazita, Lao: Inthachi, Yuan: Indhajik, Tamil: Intiracittu, Thai: Inthorochit, Malay: Inderajati ) or Meghanaad meaning Thunderous (), a warrior mentioned in the Indian epic Ramayana, was the son of the Lankan king Ravana.

The main targets of Thaification have been ethnic groups on the edges of the Kingdom of Thailand, geographically and culturally: the Lao of Isan ( อ ี สาน ), the hill tribes of the north and west, and the Muslim ( ม ุ สล ิ ม ) Malay minority of the south.

This would initially involve two lines: from Bangkok to the Lao border, and a longer line from Bangkok along the peninsula to the Malay border.

Because it flourishes naturally in waterways and requires little, if any, care, it is used extensively in Burmese, Thai, Lao, Cambodian, Malay, Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine, especially in rural or kampung ( village ) areas.

Consequently, many languages and dialects can be heard, including Cantonese, Chiu-Chow, Ilocano, Japanese, Khmer, Khmu, Korean, Lao, Malay, Mandarin, Mien, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Thai, Toishan, and Vietnamese.