ความเห็นบน: Comparing the Thai and Lao languages http://blog.luke.org/2008/11/08/566/langswitch_lang/th/ ashtanga, language, art Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:01:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 โดย: luke http://blog.luke.org/2008/11/08/566/langswitch_lang/th/comment-page-1#comment-66540 luke Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:35:25 +0000 http://blog.luke.org/?p=566#comment-66540 Actually one more thing ... it kinda annoyed me that most (non-Isan) Thai people can't understand / speak Lao, but that the Lao people had virtually no trouble with Thai. As someone from USA who learned Thai when I was 30, I wanted to make it clear that learning the basics of Lao is not hard once you have Thai down. Basically I wanted to post the information that I had organized for myself in order to learn Lao. Actually one more thing … it kinda annoyed me that most (non-Isan) Thai people can’t understand / speak Lao, but that the Lao people had virtually no trouble with Thai. As someone from USA who learned Thai when I was 30, I wanted to make it clear that learning the basics of Lao is not hard once you have Thai down. Basically I wanted to post the information that I had organized for myself in order to learn Lao.

]]> โดย: luke http://blog.luke.org/2008/11/08/566/langswitch_lang/th/comment-page-1#comment-66539 luke Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:31:33 +0000 http://blog.luke.org/?p=566#comment-66539 Hi, sorry for the delay in writing back .... yeah, my intention was not to be political at all, more to just compare my understanding of Lao after three years of Thai study and two weeks of Lao study. My knowledge of the history of Tai languages is admittedly weak, I am taking a university course on ancient northern Tai languages (writing systems, grammar, vocabulary) and will post more on that once I understand more. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read the post. Hi, sorry for the delay in writing back …. yeah, my intention was not to be political at all, more to just compare my understanding of Lao after three years of Thai study and two weeks of Lao study.

My knowledge of the history of Tai languages is admittedly weak, I am taking a university course on ancient northern Tai languages (writing systems, grammar, vocabulary) and will post more on that once I understand more.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read the post.

]]> โดย: Ok, it’s really not that hard to grock. » Blog Archive » Lao Interventions http://blog.luke.org/2008/11/08/566/langswitch_lang/th/comment-page-1#comment-66537 Ok, it’s really not that hard to grock. » Blog Archive » Lao Interventions Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:27:26 +0000 http://blog.luke.org/?p=566#comment-66537 [...] The satellite images are especially interesting as they get at the main reason that Laotians likely speak the Thai language so well, all those horrible Thai sitcoms and soap operas are invading Laos. Most Laotians that I met told me that they could speak and understand Thai really well, but couldn’t really read it as it is somewhat more complicated (see my earlier post on the writing systems). [...] [...] The satellite images are especially interesting as they get at the main reason that Laotians likely speak the Thai language so well, all those horrible Thai sitcoms and soap operas are invading Laos. Most Laotians that I met told me that they could speak and understand Thai really well, but couldn’t really read it as it is somewhat more complicated (see my earlier post on the writing systems). [...]

]]> โดย: Furdetsouk http://blog.luke.org/2008/11/08/566/langswitch_lang/th/comment-page-1#comment-62298 Furdetsouk Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:06:23 +0000 http://blog.luke.org/?p=566#comment-62298 Hi, Glad to see that you're interested in the Lao and Thai languages. I know its probably not your intention to be politically correct, or bringing histoy into this, but Valerie is correct. You should also note that the Lao language (although known by different names) is the local language of pretty much every part of Thailand except the central (Bangkok) region -See Thainificaition (which I'm sure you know all about). Yes, the modern Lao language has also been somewhat reformed by the LPDR, but it is still more closer to the original Tai/Lao language - Lao is the potentiator of the Thai language (don't tell the Central Thai that, hehe). Anyway, sorry for making this all political, but you're doing great job. Keep up the good work and I look forward to reading more of your blogs. "you dee, mee haang" Hi,

Glad to see that you’re interested in the
Lao and Thai languages.

I know its probably not your intention to be politically correct, or bringing histoy into this, but Valerie is correct.

You should also note that the Lao language (although known by different names) is the local language of pretty much every part of Thailand except the central (Bangkok) region -See Thainificaition (which I’m sure you know all about).

Yes, the modern Lao language has also been somewhat reformed by the LPDR, but it is still more closer to the original Tai/Lao language – Lao is the potentiator of the Thai language (don’t tell the Central Thai that, hehe).

Anyway, sorry for making this all political, but you’re doing great job. Keep up the good work and I look forward to reading more of your blogs.

“you dee, mee haang”

]]> โดย: Valerie http://blog.luke.org/2008/11/08/566/langswitch_lang/th/comment-page-1#comment-61824 Valerie Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:58:33 +0000 http://blog.luke.org/?p=566#comment-61824 I saw your comment on facebook about your blog. it's interesting. but you shouldn't compare lao to thai, but thai to lao. It's more thai language that sounds like lao.( if you get what i mean) anyway, glad that u know about Laos!! I saw your comment on facebook about your blog.
it’s interesting.
but you shouldn’t compare lao to thai, but thai to lao. It’s more thai language that sounds like lao.( if you get what i mean)
anyway, glad that u know about Laos!!

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