(1) Originally starting as an interpreter while deployed in Malaya, he can now speak Tetun, Vietnamese, Chinese, Lao and German among others.(2) That would be no problem for ours who all speak two languages - Thai and Lao !(3) You could eat the chicken stew every day for a week and not get bored, and the Lao tomato sauce makes Mexican salsa seem insipid by comparison.(4) He has built reliquaries and other religious monuments indiscriminately in areas inhabited by many Tai-speaking groups (Northern Thai, Lue, Lao , Khoen and Shan).(5) The Lao then moved to attack the Thai main force under Pya Bodin but were defeated in a battle at Bokvarn.(6) The Lao government worries that Lao language and culture is being corrupted by the popularity of these programs and that youth are learning the wrong values from the commercialism of Thailand.(7) It was built in 1904 by the French and displays a tasteful fusion of European and Lao designs.(8) By the end of 1999, more than 28,900 Hmong and lowland Lao had voluntarily repatriated to Laos - 3,500 from China and the rest from Thailand.(9) The descendants of the people of Nanchao make up the modern day Shan, Lao and Thai.(10) For many Lao , such items as meat, ducks, and chicken are luxuries.(11) There are also a couple of masseurs offering traditional Lao massage, a regimen of stretching and bone-crunching worthy of the most committed contortionist.(12) The new drugs cost about £1.25 a dose compared with 5p for chloroquine, so the Lao government sticks with the cheaper option.(13) Funding and direction are said to come from a Lao exile living in the United States who claims to be fighting for democracy and the return of monarchy to Laos.(14) Although the tones vary somewhat from one part of the country to another, the dialect of the capital, Vientiane, is considered standard Lao .(15) Thanks, unquestionably, to the exposure lent by the Weekender article, our exhibition and charity sale of Lao silk textiles was an overwhelming success.(16) As such, she assists in promoting Lao culture, language, and arts through classes and support services.
