Romanization of Lao

Romanisation of Lao () is the transcription from Lao script to Latin script.

History There was no romanisation system in the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names for Laotian script and no national romanisation system in Laos until 1996. BGN and PCGN joined (National Commission of Toponym) and finally established a system for Lao romanisation.

Tables Source:

American Library of Congress (LC) American United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) British Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (PCGN)

Consonants CharacterInitial positionFinal positionIPABGN/PCGNLCBGNLC ກ kk ຂ kh— — ຄ kh— — ງ ng ng ຈ ch— —— ສ s——— ຊ xs——— ຍ gnny yy ດ dtd ຕ t— — ຖ th— —— ທ th— —— ນ nnen ບ bpb ປ p— — ຜ ph— —— ຝ f— —— ພ ph— —— ຟ f— —— ມ mm ຢ y— —— ຣ r— — — ລ l— — — ວ vv, w ww ຫ h— —— ອ —— —— ຮ hh——

Vowel nuclei The table below shows the Lao vowel nuclei, combined with the consonant ກ.

IPA BGN LC Unicode IPA BGN LC Unicode IPA BGN LC Unicode IPA BGN LC Unicodeກະ/ກັກ a a a ກາ a ā aa ກິ i i i ກີ i ī ii ເກັຽະ/ເກັຍ ia ia ເກັຽ/ເກຍ/ກຽກ ia īa ກຶ u ư y ກື u ư̄ yy ເກຶອ ua ưa ເກືອ ua ư̄a ກຸ ou u u ກູ ou ū uu ກົວະ oua ua ກົວ/ ກວກ oua ūa ເກະ/ເກັກ é e ເກ é ē e ແກະ/ແກັກ è æ ແກ è ǣ ei ໂກະ/ກົກ ô o ໂກ ô ō o ເກາະ/ກັອກ o o̜ ກໍ/ກອກ o ō̜ ເກິ/ເກິະ eu œ ເກີ eu œ̄ ໄກ/ໃກ/ກັຍ ai ai ai/ay ກາຍ/ກາຽ ai āi ເກົາ ao ao ກໍາ am am am

See also Romanization Romanization of Thai

References

Further reading Unicode code chart for Lao ANSI Z39.35-1979, System for the Romanization of Lao, Khmer, and Pali; .

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