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Cat4 10th March 2011	The issue is interesting. But it's a political and historical issue. But one thing is more important that people of two side of the Mekong River bank understand each other.
Betty 20th October 2009	The population of Laos is 8,834,942
lao.issan (lao.issan@yahoo.com) 1st December 2008	I want to make it clear, that the following quote is inaccurate the way it is written. The Lao and Thai language are very similar but because of political differences, they are very different. The people in Lao understand Thai because they are similar. But Thai people refuse to recognize the Lao language and therefore chose to pretend not to understand them. It doesn't make sense for one person to understand a language while another person does not. The Thai government has tried all efforts to remove Lao from their language and therefore refuse to call the Lao people in Thailand as Lao. Instead they call them Issan. Then use the word Issan as a Language. There is not such dialect as Issan. There is just Lao. The Chikra dynasty has occupied the northeastern region of Thailand for over 200 years so the natives are the Lao people. Please stop using the term Issan and use the word Lao to refer to this part of the country. quote: The languages of Laos and Thailand to the untrained ear may seem similar; however, they are in reality very different. Although most Laotian people will understand spoken and written Thai and even speak Thai, most Thai people outside of Issan (North/North East Thailand) do not understand Lao. The writing of the two languages is also rather different and in general very few Thai read Lao. Also, in your reference to Thai history clearly refers to this occupation : quote: In early January 1941, Thailand invaded French Indochina, beginning the French-Thai War. The Thais, better equipped and outnumbering the French forces, easily took Laos. The French decisively won the naval Battle of Koh Chang. - Addition of Laos 1893
johnsun (Sayfong Villege) 28th September 2007	tell me about Agriculture Land area in Laos
williamhayman 11th April 2005	Which is the largest city, as determined by population?
Mr Chansavang Sihalath 18th March 2005	I'd like to know more about Laos, specifically, what's the population, in the rural and urban areas of each province, by age-groups 0-4 and 4-7.

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