Lao alphabet 老挝语字母表
Lao alphabet
Consonants辅音
Consonants are divided into three classes which help to determine the tone of a syllable (indicated by the numbers below). The sounds represented by some consonants change when they are used at the end of a syllable (indicated by the letters on the right of the slash below). The consonants can all be used at the beginning of a syllable but only some can be used at the end of a syllable.
The consonants in the final row are compounds and conjuncts used as alternatives to the basic consonants.
Vowel diacritics (with k) 元音
Numerals数词
Tone indication
| Open syllables | Closed syllables * |
| unmarked | | | short vowel | long vowel |
Class 1 | low | mid | high falling | high | low falling |
Class 2 | low rising | mid | low falling | high | low falling |
Class 3 | high | mid | high falling | mid | high falling |
* Closed syllables are those ending with p, t or k
Sample text 示例文本