| Found in | Laoconnection.com Web site, Dec. 6, 2006: language/Lao language info. (Lao, or Laotian, is the official language of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lao is a part of the Tai (not to be confused with the word Thai) sub-group of the Sino-Tibetan language group)
Wikipedia, Dec. 6, 2006 (Lao language; 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 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))
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