Lao

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Lao is the official and most widely spoken language of Laos, belonging to the Tai-Kadai language family and closely related to Thai.

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AI-generated illustration of Lao

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Lao (Lao is the official and most widely spoken language of Laos, belonging to the Tai-Kadai language family and closely related to Thai.)

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language ⓘ
analytic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Thai language ⓘ
country Laos ⓘ
hasDialect Central Lao ⓘ
linked to: Lao

Northeastern Lao ⓘ
linked to: Lao

Northern Lao ⓘ
Southern Lao ⓘ
Vientiane Lao ⓘ
linked to: Vientiane
hasFeature classifier system ⓘ
lack of grammatical gender ⓘ
lack of verb conjugation for person ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
tones ⓘ
use of particles for modality ⓘ
influencedBy French ⓘ
Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
ISO639-1Code lo ⓘ
ISO639-2Code lao ⓘ
ISO639-3Code lao ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai language family ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Laos ⓘ
primaryWritingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
regulatingBody Lao government (Ministry of Education and Sports) ⓘ
linked to: Government of Laos
scriptAncestor Old Khmer script ⓘ
linked to: Khmer script
scriptOrigin Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptType abugida ⓘ
spokenIn Cambodia ⓘ
Lao diaspora communities ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
standardVarietyBasedIn Vientiane ⓘ
subfamily Southwestern Tai languages ⓘ
linked to: Southwestern Tai
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Laos ⓘ
usedIn education in Laos ⓘ
government in Laos ⓘ
mass media in Laos ⓘ
usesAlphabet Lao alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Lao script
usesNumeralSystem Lao numerals ⓘ
writingSystem Lao script ⓘ
writingSystemExcludes inherent spaces between words ⓘ
writingSystemLacks capital letters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (146)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laos → majorLanguage → Lao ⓘ
Laos → majorEthnicGroup → Lao ⓘ
Thai language → hasDialects → Northeastern Thai ⓘ
subject linked to: Thai
linked to: Lao
Thai language → closelyRelatedTo → Lao language ⓘ
subject linked to: Thai
linked to: Lao
Thai language → closelyRelatedTo → Isan language ⓘ
subject linked to: Thai
linked to: Lao
Radio Free Asia → hasPart → RFA Lao Service ⓘ
linked to: Lao
SEATO → hasLanguage → Lao ⓘ
WPRO → officialLanguage → Lao ⓘ
Tai–Kadai languages → includesLanguage → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Southwestern Tai → hasMajorLanguage → Isan language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Southwestern Tai → hasSubgroup → Chiang Saen languages ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Lao → hasDialect → Central Lao ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Lao → hasDialect → Northeastern Lao ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Lao script → usedFor → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Nam Ou → languageOfName → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Chamic languages → historicalContactWith → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Pathet Lao → language → Lao ⓘ
Dai → relatedEthnicGroup → Lao ⓘ
Katu language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Tai languages → hasMajorLanguage → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Tai languages → hasStandardLanguage → Standard Lao ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Vice President of Laos → languageOfWorkOrName → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Northeastern Thailand → hasMajorLanguage → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Isan → hasSpokenLanguage → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Lao–Isan cultural area → languageInfluencedBy → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Lao people → ethnonym → Lao ⓘ
Lao people → language → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Lao people → autonym → Lao ⓘ
Thai language → closelyRelatedTo → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Tai Dam language → closelyRelatedTo → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Tai Ya language → closelyRelatedTo → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
Phu Thai language → relatedTo → Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao