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Lao script

Lao script or Akson Lao (Lao: ອັກສອນລາວ [ʔák.sɔ̌ːn láːw]) is the primary script used to write the Lao language and other languages in Laos. Its earlier form, the Tai Noi script, was also used to write the Isan language, but was replaced by the Thai script. It has 27 consonants (ພະຍັນຊະນະ [pʰā.ɲán.sā.nāʔ]), 7 consonantal ligatures (ພະຍັນຊະນະປະສົມ…

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Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Lao, Isan and others
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao · PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao · AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao · BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao · Tamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao
Period
c. 1497 – present
Script type
Abugida
Unicode alias
Lao

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Other languages in Lao script

Lao compatible software

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Lao script

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples81
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

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Lao script

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related to Other languages in Lao script · 30
Lao script → According, Additional Lao, Aksharamukha, Alpha, Amended Constitution, An, Article, Attempts, Isan, Its, Katu, Khmu, Lao, Lao Pali, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Pali/Sanskrit, Siam, Tai Dam, Tai Noi, Tai Viet
related to history · 20
Lao script → Angkor, Buddhist, Buddhist Academic Council, Buddhist Institute, By, In, Indic, Lao, Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Maha Sila Viravong, Mekong River, Old Khmer, Pali, Pali-Sanskrit, Sanskrit, Sukhothai, Thai, The Lao, Vientiane, While
Parent systems · 11
Lao script → AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao, BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao, FakkhamTai NoiLao, KhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao, Lao, PallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao, PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao, Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao, SukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao, Tai NoiLao, Tamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao
related to Unicode · 7
Lao script → Lao, Thai, The, The Unicode, This, Throughout, Unicode
related to Consonantal digraphs and ligatures · 6
Lao script → Both, For, In, Lao, Thai, This
Direction · 1
Lao script → Left-to-right
ISO 15924 · 1
Lao script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Laoo (356), ​Lao
Languages · 1
Lao script → Lao, Isan and others
Period · 1
Lao script → c. 1497 – present
Script type · 1
Lao script → Abugida

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lao script used thai consonants unicode characters also alphabet vowels language pali consonant languages vowel use write spelling letter written

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lao scriptDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Lao scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Laoo (356), ​Lao1.00infobox
Lao scriptLanguagesLao, Isan and others1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsTamil-BrahmiPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsPallavaKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsKhmerSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsSukhothaiFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsFakkhamTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsTai NoiLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptParent systemsLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptPeriodc. 1497 – present1.00infobox
Lao scriptScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Lao scriptUnicode aliasLao1.00infobox
Lao scriptUnicode rangeU+0E80–U+0EFF1.00infobox

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