These are the rules concerning transliteration in Lao entries. This transliteration is based on LC (Library of Congress) method, also used by the Lao Wiktionary.
Consonants [ edit ]
Letter
Initial position
Final position
Tone Class
ກ ( ka ) k
k
middle
ຂ ( kha ) kh
k
high
ຄ ( kha ) kh
k
low
ງ ( nga ) ng
ng
low
ຈ ( cha ) ch
t
middle
ສ ( sa ) s
t
high
ຊ ( sa ) s
t
low
ຍ ( nya ) ny
ny
low
ດ ( da ) d
t
middle
ຕ ( ta ) t
t
middle
ຖ ( tha ) th
t
high
ທ ( tha ) th
t
low
ນ ( na ) n
n
low
ບ ( ba ) b
p
middle
ປ ( pa ) p
p
middle
ຜ ( pha ) ph
p
high
ຝ ( fa ) f
p
high
ພ ( pha ) ph
p
low
ຟ ( fa ) f
p
low
ມ ( ma ) m
m
low
ຢ ( ya ) y
y
middle
ຣ ( ra ) r
n
low
ລ ( la ) l
n
low
ວ ( wa ) w
w
low
ຫ ( ha ) h
high
ອ ( 'a ) '
middle
ຮ ( ha ) h
low
Consonantal digraphs and ligatures [ edit ] Consonantal digraphs and ligatures are all high tone class.
Letter
Transliteration
ຫງ ( nga ) ng
ຫຍ ( nya ) gn
ໜ ( na ) or ຫນ ( na ) n
ໝ ( ma ) or ຫມ ( ma ) m
ຫຼ ( la ) or ຫຣ ( ra ) r
ຫຼ ( la ) or ຫລ ( la ) l
ຫວ ( wa ) w
Short vowels [ edit ] Long vowels [ edit ] Numerals [ edit ]
Lao numeral
Hindu-Arabic numerals
໐ ( 0 ) 0
໑ ( 1 ) 1
໒ ( 2 ) 2
໓ ( 3 ) 3
໔ ( 4 ) 4
໕ ( 5 ) 5
໖ ( 6 ) 6
໗ ( 7 ) 7
໘ ( 8 ) 8
໙ ( 9 ) 9
See also [ edit ]
