| Lao |
Khene player in Isan | | | Total population | 25 million (est.) | | Regions with significant populations | Thailand:
19 million
Laos:
4 million
USA:
up to 200,000
Cambodia:
85,000
France:
50,000
Myanmar:
25,000
Canada:
17,000
Vietnam:
12,000
Argentina:
2,000
khene player wearing sarong and pakama at the Ubon Candle Festival; picture taken by User: Markalexander100 summer 2004; File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
A khene player in Isan The khene (also spelled kaen) is a mouth-organ whose pipes are connected with a small, hollowed-out wooden reservoir into which air is blown. ...
For other articles with similar names, see Isan (disambiguation). ...
| | Language | Lao, Isan, Thai and English | | Religion | Predominantly Theravada Buddhist, with strong animist tradition | | Related ethnic groups | Thais and other Tai ethnic groups
| The Lao are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The vast majority of Lao people live in either Laos (approximately 4 million) or Thailand (approximately 19 million, 18.7 million Isan Lao and 0.4 million immigrant Lao). The Lao of Thailand are concentrated in the Isan region, although there are many migrant workers from Isan working in other parts of the country, such as Bangkok. The Lao speak various dialects of Lao and Isan, which are in turn often considered to be a single language.[citation needed] Many people in Isan prefer the term Isan to Lao, but there remain many close cultural bonds with the Lao people. Isan (also Isaan or Esarn) is the language of the Isan region of Thailand. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
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Tai ethnic groups include: the Lao of Laos and Isan of Northeast Thailand the Northern Thai (Lanna or Thai Yuan) of Thailand the Thai of Thailand the Shan (Thai Yai) of Burma the Thai Lue of Laos and China (also called Dai) the Nung of China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam the...
Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...
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Migrant farm worker, New York A migrant worker is a person who works in more than one physical location, often working at seasonal jobs and then moving on to new seasonal jobs. ...
The Bangkok Skytrain at sunset on Thanon Narathiwat Ratcha Nakharin with Empire Tower at the back. ...
A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...
Isan (also Isaan or Esarn) is the language of the Isan region of Thailand. ...
History The history of the Lao is primarily the history of Laos and the history of Isan. These histories diverged in the 19th century, when the defeat of Vientiane's rebellion against Siam in 1827 led to large-scale population transfers from modern Laos to Isan and to some cities in Central Thailand including Bangkok, leaving Laos itself underpopulated. The breach was formalised by the Franco-Siamese treaties of 1893 and 1904, which made Isan and Laos the frontier between Siam and French Indochina. The History of Laos (also see Early History of Laos) is traced to the establishment of the Kingdom of Lan Xang (literally, million elephants) by King Fa Ngum in 1353. ...
The history of Isan has been determined by its geography: situated between Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, it has been dominated by each in turn, although its relative infertility meant it was more often a battleground than a prize. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ...
Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Central Thailand is a region of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. ...
Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Anthem: La Marseillaise Capital (largest city) Paris French Government Unitary republic - President Jacques Chirac - Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin Formation - French State 843 (Treaty of Verdun) - Current constitution 1958 (5th Republic) Accession to EU March 25, 1957 Area - Total 1 674,843 km...
1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Border stone at Passo San Giacomo between Val Formazza in Italy and Val Bedretto in Switzerland Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or subnational administrative divisions. ...
French Indochina was a federation of protectorates in Southeast Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ...
Since then, both Thailand and Laos have carried out sustained campaigns to transform themselves into nation states centred on the Thai and Lao people respectively. In Isan this has meant the strengthening of the people's loyalties to Thailand, a process known as "Thaification". Many younger people in particular therefore prefer to consider themselves Isan rather than Lao: "Isan", literally meaning "northeast" implies belonging to Thailand, while "Lao" connotes instead a loyalty to Laos. In Laos, by contrast, the same process has resulted in the promotion of the Lao language and culture as the national language and culture. This article may contain original research or unverified claims. ...
Thaification is the process by which groups at the fringe of the Thai state become (or are made) more similar to the Central Thai heartland. ...
Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ...
Distribution There are around 3.6 million Lao in Laos, constituting approximately 60% of the population (the remainder are largely hill tribe people). The ethnic Lao of Laos form the bulk of the Lao Loum ("Lowland Laotians"). The Lao make up around a third of the population of Thailand: the main concentrations are in Isan (about 15 million people) and in Bangkok (where there are thought to be at least one million migrant Lao from Isan). There are other populations of ethnic Lao throughout Central Thailand, but these have been increasingly incorporated into the general Thai population. Small Lao communities exist in Cambodia, residing primarily in the former Lao territory of Stung Treng (Xieng Teng in Lao), and Vietnam, and there are also substantial, unknown numbers of Lao overseas. 500,000 people would be a rough estimate. Most of the latter were refugees from Laos who fled the Second Indochina War and the Pathet Lao. Places of asylum for the Lao are the United States, France, Japan, Australia, Germany, Canada, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, many also live in Argentina, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Switzerland, and Myanmar. Akha girl. ...
This article is about the Lao ethnic group. ...
Central Thailand is a region of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. ...
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The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1957 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos (See Secret War) and in bombing runs (Rolling Thunder) over North Vietnam. ...
Pathet Lao (Laotian, Land of Laos) was a communist, nationalist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid 20th century. ...
It bears noting that the last official census conducted in Siam (later Thailand) in which "Lao" was a unique ethnic category showed almost half the population being "Lao". As part of Thaification the "Lao" category was dropped and today it is unclear what share of the population of Thailand is of Lao origin.[citation needed] For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ...
Thaification is the process by which groups at the fringe of the Thai state become (or are made) more similar to the Central Thai heartland. ...
The 2000 United States census figure of 168,707 Laotians and the 2005 figure of 200,000 exclude Hmong, but include Mien, Thai Dam, Khmu and other groups in addition to the Lao. The precise figure for the Lao ethnic group is therefore unknown. The Yao nationality (瑶族, pinyin: Yáo zú) are an ethnic group. ...
The Khmu were the indigenous people of northern Laos. ...
Language The Lao speak Lao and Isan. Each of these exists in various dialects. The Vientiane dialect has been adopted as the standard in Laos; there is no standard dialect of Isan, but most of its dialects are mutually comprehensible with Vientiane Lao. Most of the differences between Lao and Isan are due either to the greater use of Thai loan words in Isan, and to the adoption of different neologisms for concepts introduced since the division of Laos and Isan in the late 19th century (e.g. "motorcycle" is lot motasai in Isan, but lot jak in Lao). Isan (also Isaan or Esarn) is the language of the Isan region of Thailand. ...
A loanword (or a borrowing) is a word taken in by one language from another. ...
A neologism (from Greek νεολογισμός νÎος [neos] = new; λόγος [logos] = word) is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (coined) — often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. ...
A motorcycle is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ...
Culture Isan and Laos are both poor economically. The most common lifestyle is that of subsistence farming, with few major urban centres. Like most farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, this Cameroonian man cultivates at the subsistence level. ...
Laos and Isan share the Theravada Buddhist religion. The indigenous cuisines of Laos and Isan are very similar, placing much emphasis on fish sauce, chilli and sticky rice. However, Lao cuisine has also absorbed some French and substantial Vietnamese elements, while the greater poverty of the rural areas of Laos has led to a more restricted diet than in most of Isan. Theravada (Pali; Sanskrit: Sthaviravada) is one of the eighteen (or twenty) Nikāya schools that formed early in the history of Buddhism. ...
Fish sauce is a condiment derived from fish that have been allowed to ferment. ...
The chili pepper, chile pepper or chilli pepper, or simply chili, chile or chilli, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanaceae. ...
Sticky rice or glutinous rice is the main type of rice grown and consumed by the Lao of Laos and Northeast Thailand, areas which are considered to be the primary center of origin and domestication of Asian rice (). It has been cultivated in this area for 4,000 years. ...
Lao cuisine is the cuisine of Laos. ...
Laos and Isan share the mor lam style of folk music. Since the 1980s mor lam from Isan has been a major cultural influence on Laos. A khene player in Isan Mor lam (Thai/Isan: หมà¸à¸¥à¸³) is an ancient Lao form of song in Laos and Isan (Northeastern Thailand). ...
Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ...
The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...
See also A Laotian American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Laotian descent and also one group of Asian Americans. ...
Laotian Canadians are people from Laos (mostly ethnic Lao) who live in Canada. ...
Laotian French people are people from Laos (mostly ethnic Lao) who live in France. ...
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