Lao

Þā Lao sind folcliċ mæȝþ Ēastansūðan Asian. Mǣste Lao menn ƿuniaþ in oþþe Laos (ymbe 3 million) oþþe Thailande (ymbe 15 million). Þæt Lao folc Thailandes in Isan dǣle ƿuniaþ mǣst, þēah hēr sind mæniȝ ƿīdgangol ƿyrcend of Isane þe þā ƿyrcaþ in ōðrum dǣlum, tō bīsene Bangcoce. Þæt Lao folc sprecaþ mæniȝfealde undersprǣcas þǣm Lao sprǣce and Isan sprǣce, þe Þā man eft ȝecƿiðaþ sƿā ānfald sprǣce. Mæniȝ lēode in Isan prefer the term Isan to Lao as a result of the "Thaification" campaigns of the 20th century, but there remain many close cultural bonds between the Lao people as a whole.

Stǣr

Þæt stǣr Lao is þæt stǣr Laose and stǣr Isane.

Further reading

• Thongchai Winichakul. Siam Mapped. University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
• Wyatt, David. Thailand: A Short History. Yale University Press, 1984.

Ūtƿeardliċ bend

• Reports on languages spoken in Laos and Thailand, from Ethnologue.com