Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Lao
SOURCE
Lao People's Democratic Republic. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lao
Language Profile
TOTAL SPEAKERS
4,000,000 (1991)
USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)
Official Language: Laos Home Speakers: ThailandBACKGROUND
Lao is the official language of Laos. Like Thai, to which it is closely related, it is a member of the Tai subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Lao is spoken by about 4 million people. Its script was adopted from that of the Mons, the earliest civilized people of Burma.