ภาษาลาว

[dvc]

I'm interested in obtaining a school alphabet chart and some writing exercise books for ภาษาลาว

Short of making the trip across the border, does anyone know of a store or stores in Bangkok that sell these items?

[phaethon]

I'm interested in obtaining a school alphabet chart and some writing exercise books for ภาษาลาว

Short of making the trip across the border, does anyone know of a store or stores in Bangkok that sell these items?

To save anyone else the trouble, he's asking for Laos alphabet.

[dvc]

I'm interested in obtaining a school alphabet chart and some writing exercise books for ภาษาลาว

Short of making the trip across the border, does anyone know of a store or stores in Bangkok that sell these items?

To save anyone else the trouble, he's asking for Laos alphabet.

Forgive me, but I don't see the need for the angry face. Most people here can read and write Thai and will have no problem reading my post. Lao is very closely related to Thai and anyone who can read Thai can make out a fair percentage of written Lao. For this reason I don't think my post is in any way inappropriate or unrelated to the Thai language.

[Jay_Jay]

I've had problems getting these here in Thailand. One place that I've found the best resources for Lao in Thailand is at Ramkhamhaeng University.

The BEST resources I've found for learning / teaching Lao outside of Laos were actually in China!

[dvc]

I've had problems getting these here in Thailand. One place that I've found the best resources for Lao in Thailand is at Ramkhamhaeng University.

The BEST resources I've found for learning / teaching Lao outside of Laos were actually in China!

Thank you Stuart; I appreciate your helpful reply. I'll try Ramkhamhaeng first.

[Jay_Jay]

I've had problems getting these here in Thailand. One place that I've found the best resources for Lao in Thailand is at Ramkhamhaeng University.

The BEST resources I've found for learning / teaching Lao outside of Laos were actually in China!

Thank you Stuart; I appreciate your helpful reply. I'll try Ramkhamhaeng first.

They have their own printing facilities there... I'm not sure about wall charts though. I was just thinking this week about creating a set of wall charts in several indic scripts to hang around the place. If I do get them done, I'll send you a copy.

One of my ex-Sanskrit students (Luke Cassady Dorion) has put a great set of charts together for Lao on his blog. Maybe you could do something with them: Lao and Thai Comparative Charts

On the topic of charts - here's another great chart put together by Luke - Sanskrit Thai Chart - it's part of this blog entry.

It's sad that Thailand doesn't put out as much rich linguistic material as China does. You'd think that being so close to Laos that there would be more. There are some bookstores Beijing that I like to spend days in - usually, no matter how obscure the topic i that I'm looking for about languages all over the world I can find several books / charts / DVD's etc. on it.

Edited December 14, 2008 by Jay_Jay

[dvc]

I've had problems getting these here in Thailand. One place that I've found the best resources for Lao in Thailand is at Ramkhamhaeng University.

The BEST resources I've found for learning / teaching Lao outside of Laos were actually in China!

Thank you Stuart; I appreciate your helpful reply. I'll try Ramkhamhaeng first.

They have their own printing facilities there... I'm not sure about wall charts though. I was just thinking this week about creating a set of wall charts in several indic scripts to hang around the place. If I do get them done, I'll send you a copy.

One of my ex-Sanskrit students (Luke Cassady Dorion) has put a great set of charts together for Lao on his blog. Maybe you could do something with them: Lao and Thai Comparative Charts

On the topic of charts - here's another great chart put together by Luke - Sanskrit Thai Chart - it's part of this blog entry.

It's sad that Thailand doesn't put out as much rich linguistic material as China does. You'd think that being so close to Laos that there would be more. There are some bookstores Beijing that I like to spend days in - usually, no matter how obscure the topic i that I'm looking for about languages all over the world I can find several books / charts / DVD's etc. on it.

The comparison chart, (Thai / Lao), on Luke's blog is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much.

Edited December 14, 2008 by dvc