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Lao speakers generally pronounce cognates of Thai with initial /w/ as the voiced labiodental approximant /ʋ/, similar to a faint 'v', enough so that the French chose 'v' to transcribe the Lao letter ' ວ ' /ʋ/. The letter is related to Thai ' ว ' /w/. The sound /ʋ/ is particularly noticeable in the Vientiane and Central Lao dialects, with ...
"Rao Co, Laos/Vietnam" on Peakbagger This page was last edited on 22 December 2024, at 19:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
This is a list of mountains in Laos. Phou Bia, 2,817 m [1] Phu Xai Lai Leng, 2,720 m; Rao Co, 2,286 m; Phou Louey, 2,257 m, located at Lat/Lon {20.27057, 103.19746}
The Laotian Civil War was a military conflict of the Cold War in Asia that pitted the guerrilla forces of the Marxist-oriented Pathet Lao against the armed and security forces of the Kingdom of Laos (French: Royaume du Laos), led by the conservative Royal Lao Government, between 1960 and 1975. Main combatants comprised:
The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula , it was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest.
The Thai–Lao Border War, or known in Thai as Battle of Ban Romklao (Thai: สมรภูมิบ้านร่มเกล้า or ยุทธการบ้านร่มเกล้า; December 1987 – February 1988), was a short confrontation between Thai and Lao forces.
Both Thailand and Laos try to avoid each other, other than to keep open communication for economic and environmental reasons. The royals were taken to re-education camp called Camp Number One in Xam Neua where they are forced to do hard labor which led the King in 1980, the queen Khamphoui in 1982 and Vatthana all died of starvation in the camp.
The Tai Dam (Tai Dam: ꪼꪕ ꪒꪾ, Lao: ໄຕດຳ, Thai: ไทดำ) are an ethnic minority predominantly from China, northwest Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. They are part of the Tai peoples and ethnically similar to the Thai from Thailand, the Lao from Laos and the Shan from Shan State, Myanmar. Tai Dam means "Black Tai".