Are Thai & Lao the SAME LANGUAGE?

"You can do anything, if you put your mind to it"
0:00 How Similar are Thai and Lao?
0:18 Language Family
1:32 Where are they spoken?
3:24 Shared Vocabulary
3:47 The Scripts
5:02 Thai and Lao Grammar
5:11 Sentence Structure
5:24 Pronouns
5:28 Tense and Aspect
5:57 No Verbal Tense, No Verb Conjugations
9:15 Markers and Particles
9:26 Classifiers
9:33 Analyzing Thai-Lao Sentences from the Ling App
26:29 Conclusion
Have you ever wondered how similar Thai and Lao really are? If so, this is the right video you are looking for to understand many different aspects of the two languages and find out the answer for this question? Note that speakers of Lao in the Isan Region of Thailand essentially are native Lao speakers but in Thailand it is called a dialect of Thai.
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[@hunhoon6283]

Thanks for sharing! I think it's important to emphasize that the Isan area speaks Lao because that area used to be part of the former Lan Xang kingdom (which consisted of modern-day Laos + northeastern Thailand), which is why the food, architecture, dress, culture, and language is nearly identical. In the Isan region, they still celebrate traditional dances and rituals from Lan Xang, and the Faculty of Fine Arts at Khon Kaen University does a great job at showcasing this!

[@SjKbd]

I'm from Lao but I love Thailand very much 🎉❤

[@polyglotdreams]

Great attitude!

[@asadejkerdchuay6181]

ผมรู้สึกเป็นเกียรติมากที่ได้ยินคุณพูดภาษาไทย 🇹🇭 I am very honored to hear you speak Thai.

[@polyglotdreams]

THANK YOU!

[@freemanol]

let's the honest here, he should have asked a native thai to pronounce his sentences (like how Paul from Langfocus does his videos), as he completely butchered the tones and vowels. at least he should have put a disclaimer that he's not a fluent speaker

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809]

@@freemanol Well researched and presented and you complaints on pronounication

[@freemanol]

​@@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809 because you know nothing. in thai, messing up the tones makes you completely unintelligible. you might as well be speaking giberish. I went to the market today -> High wenz chew zhe moorket toodye. Do you still understand that?

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809]

@@freemanol I'm just an American and I gave credited to the presenter for whom did a find job with his research and presentation for free to expand one's horizon without argued based on simple technicalities in structure of framework that is not presented in formal format matters

[@prescottosegie]

I appreciate the lessons sir I look forward to learning more about the Thai and Lao languages 😎

[@polyglotdreams]

My pleasure... please do learn more

[@gastonmartinez6316]

This channel of yours in amazing! Thank you for all your efforts and your valuable information. This is like traveling to me ❤❤

[@polyglotdreams]

Thank you so much 💓

[@JoshyJosh69]

Well done!! Enjoyable video!! Randomly came across this & watched the whole thing. I don't plan on learning these at the moment but still very interesting.

[@polyglotdreams]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mitnonnarath5745]

Thank you for sharing this is awesome to understanding between two languages quite similar pronouns and accents good job 👍

[@Ethan-gi8se]

I'm Laotian and I love Thai ppl so much ❤❤

[@axax4770]

Yes ຂ້ອຍຄົນລາວແຕ່ຂ້ອຍມັກຄົນໄທ

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

สบายดี พี่น้องชาวลาว ສະບາຍດີ ພີ່ນ້ອງຊາວລາວ

[@maliwan2020]

ผมก็รักคนลาวคือกัน😊❤

[@heaven9830]

ຂ້ອຍແມ່ນຄົນໄທ ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍກໍ່ມັກອ້າຍນ້ອງລາວເດ້

[@9thiraphong]

90%ของคนไทย รักคนลาวมาก แต่30%ของคนลาว เกลียดไทย เลยทำให้ 10% ของคนไทย ไม่ชอบคนลาว

[@anthonyanderson9326]

Excellent demonstration

[@polyglotdreams]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alpzepta]

Lao is basically Isan dialect for Thai people they can partially read Laotian text however. I Thai man have no problem understanding Laotian at all and can read some Laotian letters

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for sharing that

[@boonlithsalianekham5173]

Wow ! you are amazing . I can use your Chanel to learn both languages. Your explanation is easy to follow. I m appreciate.

[@polyglotdreams]

Fantastic!

[@Lampchuanungang]

Nice explanations and details, danks jewel content, salutations and congratulations sir. Thanks.🎉❤

[@polyglotdreams]

THANKS

[@mesamis144]

Almost the same, we are like brother and sister to each other, same religion, and same beliefs. But westerners always compare Thailand to Philippines which is so confusing because we are totally different.

[@lucca_lee]

They do that because of economic perspective. Once upon a time, both countries used to have the exact same GDP per capita. Now, even Thailand is already ahead of the Philippines in terms of economy and many other aspects. However, both countries still target the same thing: tourism. Both countries have tropical beaches.Lady Boy/ Retirement / free country etc. On the other hand, Laos is far behind Thailand snd Phillipines in every sector. People who travel to Thailand might cross over to Laos since Bangkok is the aviation hub in the region, not the other way around. They might compare the 2 country if Thailand got only Issan region which farrang wont even travel there! In fact farrang travel every regions in Thailand except the Issan.

[@nelia039]

@@lucca_leeI think you missed the point. Similar GDP, focus on tourism and etc does not determine the culture and history of Thailand. Thailand is one of the few if not the only, Asian nation to never be colonized.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Laos has a small population. and rarely go abroad Therefore, it is not as well known as Thailand and the Philippines.

[@krupreecha]

If you want to study about lao . You must study about Lanna and Lanchang both ancieant lao and northern Thai.

[@Thaisongengsubch]

As a thai person this video is a fact

[@polyglotdreams]

thank you for the confirmation

[@benboutsavath7744]

You are knowledgeable about the language and the history of the people.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thank you

[@Geerxioong]

Im Hmong, and I can't believe how many Lao words we use in the Hmong language. Love the video!

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks so much for the insight

[@bonqyflowers8882]

Love both languages but thanks to Thai books, news and KZbin which has helped me learn many things. Plus I love listening to Thai music and movies. I am so thankful to be able to understand both languages. ຂອບໃຈຄົນໄທຍ ພາສາໄທຍ

[@polyglotdreams]

I get you... same feelings

[@user-wr4vt5ng4g]

Of course, they came from the same root, just like England and America. But Thailand has been developed as a mixed nation of so many races.

[@polyglotdreams]

So many ethnic groups

[@user-xr1jg4gw5b]

ຂອບໃຈ

[@petercarlisle8587]

Very good, I enjoyed that and learnt a fair bit. I didn't know the nak rong (singer) in thai was a h in Lao nak Hong, but while it's nak rong in written thai, the r often becomes an l in spoken thai so it can said as nak long. Live in Thailand long time and haven't visited Laos for decades but I do recall it being easy to communicate in Vientiane and Luang Prabang in thai as all Lao watch thai TV and listen to thai music. My wife is from isaan but sadly I can only half understand when she speaks her phu thai dialect.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for sharing your experiences

[@sysomyoung7437]

👍🏽thank you!

[@sorntour]

Thanks

[@polyglotdreams]

Thank you

[@thebold537]

Thank you for the comparation between those two languages in a easiest way, this is help a lots for international people who are interested in the languages, traditional and culture. However, i have a comment to the tone you have put in the app. it seems the tone is from the south of Laos and Lao-Isan. i think, it would be great if you use Lao Vientiane tone because we are using as a central tone (In education system). Importantly, when Vientiane people speak in every places of Laos, everyone will understand easily. in contrast way, if Lao language from some part of the north, or south. it would be a bit difficult to some people who doesn't know lao language.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for the input

[@sonesinhsomxanxay4660]

I'm Laotian and yes both languages are similar. I can speak and understand both fluently. I will say though, I find that I can read in Thai better than Laos. I have some difficulty with the accent mark that changed the tone and meaning.

[@aypibar3478]

I would appreciate it if you made a video telling us your opinion about a common global language like Esperanto to use as an auxiliary language for global communications

[@polyglotdreams]

I am not a big fan of conlangs

[@manophiakeo]

Thank you 🙏

[@polyglotdreams]

My pleasure 🙏

[@saibo9346]

Hi Sir Thank you so much for you are doing Tai nation history results

[@user-jt8mj9ro9t]

Very Impress Bro.👍

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks

[@saibo9346]

I am Tai (Shan) living in Shan state in Burma for me I can more unterstanting Lao language Less in Thai around 70-80%

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for sharing that.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Lao language is easier for other Tai families. Thai language is Tai Kadai, the only family that has Pali Sanskrit.

[@laointer55]

Thai and Lao are brothers and sisters.

[@tinasandar4306]

But Laos doesn't think like that. Do they hate Thailand? 😢

[@johnxay6887]

Most Lao people consider Thai people as brothers and sisters. Of course, you're going to find a small group of Lao people who don't like Thai people, just like how a group of Thai people don't like Lao people. You will find love and hate between neighboring countries throughout the world. Can't make a generalization based on a particular group of people.

[@b_gg4185]

Not real

[@user-ob7bs7ow9s]

Love and hate between the two group of the people.Of course,it's true,I can see the Hungarian who live in Trans Sylvania inside Rumania,they faced the problem in similarity as Laotian whose live in the Northesst of Thailand.

[@Nevershy]

คนไทยกับคนลาวแดงไม่ใช่พี่น้องกัน มึงเข้าใจผิดแล้ว

[@Analogue70]

คล้ายทางภาคเหนือ ทั้งภาษา อาหาร ผมคนเหนือบิดสำเนียงนิดหน่อยก็เหมือนลาวแล้ว มีศัพท์หลายคำคล้ายกัน อาหารเหมือนทางหลวงพะบางมาก

[@Thongsai]

People in Isaan region Thailand speak Lao too

[@evaninthisorn2066]

Thai and Laos is similar, I can understand both and somewhat speak both. The only time I communicate with the Laos language is with my older siblings.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for sharing

[@amazinge-farmer]

Good job 👍👈

[@polyglotdreams]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@geissinhorms1433]

Yes they are very similar like portuguese and Spanish ❤

[@BOYSsb6]

17:34 Kao ເຂົາ in laos mean mountain, he same in Thailand

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809]

I'd say it's similar roughly 80%. It's just an accent that is major difference when both countries speak

[@chatmongkhonpakthongchai9734]

It is the same language but with different accents. I speak both

[@bounsyphackdy9548]

Lao & Thai almost the same language because Lao & Thai look back history Lao & Thai is the same culture ancient customs and traditions that adjacent to the cultures

[@UniJones-tl3jt]

It's the same culture with northeastern thailand aka isaan but other part of Thailand culture is not the same.

[@BigPlus-wn8bs]

I'm Lao, love Thailand.😊

[@somnhot2205]

You are so good philosophy

[@badbaddy]

คนริมแม่น้ำโขงเป็นเครือญาติกัน

[@Hundo_P.]

We love Thailand 💗

[@stevesisavathkeo9791]

We are brother and sister.❤

[@BigPlus-wn8bs]

Yes 😊

[@tommythipthammavong3152]

Most Laotian people can read and speak and understand Thai language .. Laos and Thailand are the same people 🙏👍🏻❤️

[@tilertiger92]

Wow, this is super great and nice of you sir

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks so much 😊 🙏

[@tilertiger92]

Your voice will make a big change and mean so much for Laotian people. I am very admired your teaching Sir. Thank you 🙏 ຂອບໃຈຫລາຍໆ.

[@wakuwaku3173]

นี่คือความแตกต่างใน 3 ภาษาเวลาที่ออกเสียง speak = พูด (ในภาษาไทยภาคกลางและคนใช้มากที่สุดในประเทศไทย) speak = อู้ (ในภาษาภาคเหนือของไทย) speak = เว่า (ในภาษาลาว)

[@nightowl7261]

Thai and Lao shares the same ancestors.

[@user-yb8td7vy4z]

ใครร่วมกับมึง

[@chuckbass3934]

The map shown in 1.53 is not correct. Northern Thailand provinces are provinces beyond Phitsnulok such as Sukhothai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan which are shown in your map. So a half of areas of Northern Thailand in your map is supposed to be relabelled to Central.

[@likasthailand9328]

Yes, Nakhon Sawan, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai, Phichit are Central not Northern

[@Ntz189]

I can understand Tai Kadai language. Sipsongbanna's Autonomous region in southern China, and I didn't study at all. lol 😂😂😂

[@Thunderx999x]

Thais are of Mon descent. There is a mixed Mon language used in real life and the Pallava language from southern India.

[@thastayapongsak4422]

9:59 why is it English loanword in Thai but not in Lao? มนุษย์ต่างดาว is also used.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

ได้2แบบ ไทย+ลาว

[@kongxiong1160]

If you can speak lao, then you will automatically understand and speak thai or vice versa.

[@thelittlethongphanh]

In Lao the "will" can also say ຊິ or ຈະ

[@polyglotdreams]

Yes for sure

[@Pred4tor83]

Laos have long history before Thailand even born so Thai language is a mixture of 60% Lao 30% Mon and 10% others. But northern Esan in Loey province their accent is similar to Louangphrabang Lao people and the mid or little south of Esan like Udonthani, Khon Khaen, Ubon their accent is the same as southern Lao people like Savannakhet and Champassak province. If im not wrong the Lao people from many hundreds years ago refugee and relocated in Esan long before Thailand or Laos become a country.

[@UniJones-tl3jt]

The Udonthani , Khon Kaen accents that you mentioned are the old Vientiane accent. The Vientiane accent today is a new accent.

[@Pred4tor83]

@@UniJones-tl3jt People get their accents from their great great grandparents passing to mothers and children but never heard of anybody created their own accents. Unless if you’re Esan people and were living in Southern Thailand since you were little or born there than you’ll most likely have southern Thai accents when you talk to southern people but you’ll still have the Esan accents when you talk to your parents.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Why do you say that the Thai language is 30% derived from the Lao language? Correctly, it should be said that the Thai language comes from the Tai language, Tai Ka Dai. and Thailand borrowed the Pali-Sanskrit language. Lao is the only group that uses the Tai Kadai language. There is no need to claim that it is Lao language It has a population of only 7 million. Tai people, Tai Kadai, spread throughout many countries.

[@Pred4tor83]

@@Somnaru-it1ou Laos have low populations because of the history, everything happens for a reasons and we’re not talking about populations here. Tai people are minorities groups that immigrants from China during the wars conflict in China many hundreds or thousands years ago. And that same goes for Lao people ancestors. Tai and Laos languages are much similar than Thai languages because Tai/Lao people been living together way longer before Thailand and Laos become a country. A country with larger populations doesn’t mean they are older. Which why I said Thai languages are mixtures of Lao/Tai/Mon and others but bigger percent Lao.

[@tingtingnoy3133]

The R sound is a Khmer accent or adaptation, the more original sound is the H sound, such as in Northen and northeastern Thailand, which all other Tai groups use. Lao is the more original sound whereas Thai is a mix of Lao and Khmer. . If you study the linguist Dr David K Wyatt, he traces the different Thai dialects, for instance the dialect that was spoken in Sukothai is a dialect that comes from Luangprabang where as the dialect that was spoken during Ayutthaya is a dialect that came from Xiengkhouang Northen Laos. The ayutthaya dialect slowly transformed to modern Thai language. And if you visit regions like the Shan state, Lue state(China), Northwest Vietnam, even in northern Thailand you will see they sound very familiar or indistinguishable to Lao language. Perhaps these groups spoke so similar and Thai/Siamese diverged more significantly, Ayuthaya chronicles blankly referred to all those groups as just being all Lao.

[@Thunderx999x]

Thailand uses Sanskrit. The name is similar to an Indian person's.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

The Thai language borrows Sanskrit and Pali words. But Khmer people claim that the Thai language borrows Khmer words from them. Claimed to be the original Pali and Sanskrit language.

[@unoven005]

similar to Spainish and Portuguese

[@samornputtasang9130]

Laos and Thailand are just neighboring countries. Many Lao people have hatred for Thailand. Now many Thai people have changed their good feelings towards Laos to indifference.

[@BOYSsb6]

What app learning Lao language?

[@polyglotdreams]

LING LEARN LANGUAGES

[@Nerissa_Hamon]

No, we're different languages.

[@kimyeol4505]

The word Alien in Lao translates the same as Cambodian. Alien in Khmer we call (Manous-phop-phkay) meaning human from different star.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for this interesting observation

[@kimyeol4505]

@@polyglotdreams If you know Thai, Lao, it is not difficult to learn Khmer.🙏🏻

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Alien in English Thai + Lao are called the same. manout-tang-daw Not related to Khmer language It's funny, study Lao, Thai and then understand Khmer? Thai people understand Lao, read and write, but do not understand Khmer.

[@Dbfhdfbdfbdgh]

Same North Korea and South Korea😢😢😢

[@yinglacong3631]

I don't know for sure that Lao and Thai are brothers but in term of language speaking Lao people understand Thai language more than Thai people understand lao language.

[@somphonexaysinnolay8439]

U are amazing person learn more u will know the truth what is going on

[@user-ux9ul3zf3o]

Just similar many many people used Taikadai language family south china north Vietnam Laos thai some people in Myanmar until indea use this language

[@Thunderx999x]

Names of people in countries similar to Indians This may be because Use Sanskrit Except for Thai people of Malay descent, they use the Malay language.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

yes

[@keenanmiltonrip]

Great content, thankyou ! Just a minor correction, not all Lao citizens can speak Lao, only the Lao Leum who represent 50% of the population speak Lao..there are many other may other ethnic groups that mostly speak their own dialect. From m my personal experience when visiting villages in the North of Laos, most Khmu people can speak Lao properly but I met many Hmong that couldn't speak Lao at all..some of them took the wrong bus because of the language barrier. Conclusion, there's less than 7 million Lao speakers in Laos!

[@polyglotdreams]

Yes, I experienced that too.

[@user-tm2fy5mi1i]

So many Tai Language words have roots in Tamil which is the oldest living language cos Tamil King Cholar empire & Pallavar Kings ruled or traded with Tai, part of South East Asian countries more than 1000 years ago. Tai Language First Dictionary named as SINTHAMANY which is a Tamil word and an Epic of Tamil language.

[@nickphang2293]

Thai and Lao used to be same country until the French colonial divide us!

[@user-xr1jg4gw5b]

ແມ່ນແລ້ວ

[@jeffreysetapak]

Khmer is pronounced as kamai. Thank you.

[@chung388]

So this 2 language which 1 is older Lao or Thai

[@drakeplus2858]

Lao, Thai uses modern borrowed language.

[@chung388]

@@drakeplus2858 I think LAOS is the original language.. but only Thailand use borrowed language... Looks at the country name. Tai+Land where is Land.came.from if not borrowed.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

languages Thai Lao = Tai language Tai Kadai family But the Thai language borrows mixed Pali, Sanskrit words. and borrowed to use Laotian people like to watch Thai TV and Thai music, so they also accept the Thai version mixed with Pali and Sanskrit. and the new generation mixes English

[@samsien9105]

Hi sir; I understand you compare two languages Thai and Lao they are partner language, can you find out do Khmer have lonely language or have partner like Thai and Lao and where does the Khmer language come from at the first time? I am very happy to learn from you, I am Khmer, but currently in u s a, please share, I would like to learn the histories around the world, but explain in English or Khmer please, waiting for your share all the time 🙏🙏🙏👍👍thank s .

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks, I want to look into that.

[@nomechannel2440]

I'm from laos

[@chanthalansykhamchathphay8751]

🤗👌👍

[@Suxfinjfk125]

Language translators use 24:02 more Thai vocabulary Until it's almost the same word Actually, they're not the same. But because Laos uses Thai media such as watching Thai television channels Listen to Thai radio Therefore, they have developed language to use almost all Thai words, such as the word saw [Hen in Thai] in Lao is Por / the word bag [Krapao, Tung in Thai] in Lao is Tai or sob / basket [Takra in Thai] in Lao is katho / dangerous curve [Kong un ta rai] in Lao is kong bon pen ta yan / walk [Dern in Thai] in Lao is yang / run [wing in Thai] in Lao is lan / speak [Pud in Thai] Lao is wow. / will [Ja in thai]Lao is si [not ja ] These are just a few examples.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for your input.

[@buntoonbuntoon3210]

Both languages are quite intelligible. Rather they are dialects rather than 2 separate languages.

[@Midwest..]

Isan = Lao are the same 😊

[@paosone8101]

ເຈົ້າເວົ້າພາສາລາວສັດເຈນຫລາຍ

[@BOYSsb6]

ฝรั่งที่เว่าไทยได้เว่าลาวบ่ยากเช่นกันเว่าลาวได้เว่าไทยบ่ยาก

[@thaisiam6509]

ภูมิใจใน ลาวอีสาน😊☺

[@paintosignup]

Thai people can only understand few words of Lao language and viceversa. I think it similar to English and French.

[@polyglotdreams]

Not at all! Mutual intelligibility is extremely high.

[@zenssdv493]

That's a southern lao accent It's very close to the Isan accent.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks

[@TheCaribbean04]

The Colonization split us apart 😢

[@JoJo_EN_JP]

Lao language is currently influenced by Thai language a lot due to receiving media from Thailand. Dramas, songs, books, and new vocabulary used in Lao language are all in Thai language.

[@RightLane393]

There is no such thing as tbai language. Where you get that from

[@narongponsaetan8605]

@@RightLane393 There is, thai invent ALOT of word in their own language that include the people name too, also modern laos name are mostly thai tbh

[@naratipkhawkom6861]

@@narongponsaetan8605 you mean sanskrit

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

It's normal. Thai language is also influenced by English like Romantic Alien😂

[@user-zm9gc1kt8b]

I loved this video มากๆครับขอบคุณครับ please make a video with Thai and Khmer or Lao and Khmer

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Khmer is not Tai Kadai. Thai people understand Lao language. But I don't understand Khmer.

[@user-zm9gc1kt8b]

@@Somnaru-it1ou True it's not Thai Kadai ! But Khmer language has around 2500 words Dane as Thai. Google it

[@user-zm9gc1kt8b]

@@Somnaru-it1ou True ! But because they're neighbours they still share around 2500 words that are the same. Google it.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Cambodia tries to type Thai language to create problems If you really are Thai You must know that Thai people do not understand Khmer.

[@jayj.4975]

Not to correct but to tell you a bit more. Well, E-sarn (North-Eastern) dialect are closely related to Lao language. to plan to do something วางแผนจะ... to show someone's intention to do something ตั้งใจว่าจะ..., ตั้งใจจะ..., ประสงค์ที่จะ... มนุษย์ต่างดาว is another Thai word for "an alien" = เอเลี่ยน, aliens = เอเลี่ยนส์ ข่าว = news โด่งดัง = famous, it doesn't mean "truely" or "really"

[@Rocknaverdie]

ลาวเขมรเวียดนามพี่น้องกันตลอดไป รวมพลคนคอมมิวนิสต์💕

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Don't want to be friends with Khmer. Cambodian people claim Vietnamese food Nem Nueng and claim Lao musical instruments Even though Laos has already registered the copyright. Go perform abroad But can't play, lip sync, sound is Thai xylophone sound

[@xxxactly]

not เขมรจ้า

[@polyglotdreams]

คอมมิวนิสต์ not very apparent nowadays

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

ก็นะ เวียดนาม มีไอคิวมากกว่าคนเขมร เวียดเข้ามาอุดหนุนผลไม้ไทยเยอะมาก

[@darkemperor2286]

Sometimes, it might be complex because the conditional of online are not much so. Some vocabulary and grammatical are un-accurate 😊

[@polyglotdreams]

Sorry I don't understand what you mean

[@darkemperor2286]

​@polyglotdreams, oh, sorry for bad English😅. What I mean is sometimes we can also rewrite as a samethings for example: ຕອນເຊົ້າຂ້ອຍກິນເຂົ້າແລ້ວ in thai is same ตอนเช้าฉันกินข้าวแล้ว.

[@darkemperor2286]

​@@polyglotdreams and also some laotian old people or lao-oversea sometimes they wrote as same as thai too example sakarit or Pali: ສາມັຄຄີ, ອະດີຕ, ເຫຕ,ອຸບັຕິເຫຕ the same as thai too.

[@lucca_lee]

King Rama I burned down Vientiane bring the Emeral Buddha to Bangkok and relocated people from Lan Xang (Loas) to Thailand. Lan Xang was left empty, so people from Vietnam moved in and influenced the culture and language. A high percentage of Laos people are of Vietnamese descent nowadays being communist comrade isnt coincident,Lao accent is influenced by Vietnamese. Despite being different languages, as a central Thai person, I understand the Lao language better than some Isan dialects and Southern Thai so call dialect if they really speak it all in their local word I wouldnt understand a bit. It seems like I could understand Southern Thai, but I actually don't.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Are you Thai? You don't know about the Emerald Buddha. King Lanchang (Laos) was a relative of King Lanna (Chiang Mai). Lanchang asked to borrow the Emerald Buddha. So he had to send it back.

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

The last Lao king and his royal family were taken away by the Lao communists...nothing left. But the Lanna Chiang Mai royal family is still living well in Thailand.

[@IndyPiasaka-eb4li]

Siamese are related to Khmer. Thai and Lao are related.

[@user-hl1mh8gc8r]

เพราะลาวเคยเป็นของไทยมาก่อน

[@Obojama_Arale]

Correction 3:50 both Thai and Laos script are developed from Pallava's script from southern India not Khmer's script. 11:48 both thai and lao use the same word มนุษย์ต่างดาว we don't use เอเลี่ยน normally.

[@RightLane393]

Thai and Lao is like American and british English. They Both speak the Tai kradai Language. Is like American english , like Askin do British Language Exist ? NO there is no British language it Is English Language.

[@user-tw9hw4pn9x]

ບໍ່ແມ່ນຍີປຸ່ນ (ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ)

[@chuckbass3934]

Actually เธอ can either mean he or she in Thai too.

[@v4yensatea]

I am a Thai person who is interested in history. The truth is that the Thai language is just another version of the Lao language. Compared to English, Lao language is British English, and Thai language is American English. The Lao people, who are a very large population group in the north migrated southward. The people in the south spoke Khmer and Mon. Later, the Lao language absorbed the Khmer and Mon languages. The people in the central and southern regions of Thailand adopted the Lao language. And they later called it the Thai language.

[@polyglotdreams]

Very interesting... thanks

[@Thunderx999x]

But Thai people don't understand Khmer. Why? Do you understand Khmer people when they speak? You can try asking every Thai person if you are curious. Do they understand Khmer? I really can't understand Khmer. And Thai people and Khmer people do not understand each other at all. Khmer people do not speak Thai clearly. Just like foreigners say in general. and must learn about the Thai language But Lao people speak Thai clearly within 3 seconds, like they're 100% Thai. The pronunciation of every word is clear. It's funny. Please explain to me.

[@Thunderx999x]

And I'm a southern Isaan person. 😂😂😂

[@Thunderx999x]

There is no explanation as to what it means? 😅😅😅

[@Somnaru-it1ou]

Lao and Thai It's the Tai Kadai family. Not related to Khmer Thai and Laotian people do not understand Khmer. Don't claim that the copy is Tai Kadai.

[@Beatriz-uh4jj]

Not all esan speak lao. For the past 50 years, lao language has been influenced by Thai. It happens also in Khmer language.

[@RightLane393]

Thai and lao is the same languages because they have same physical and character.

[@ruangreddick7250]

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