Lao: Languages of Southeast Asia

Alexander Arguelles presents an introductory overview of the Lao language, evaluates methods for studying it, and offers to make Skype contacts between Lao teachers and English speaking students who would like free lessons in exchange for conversational practice. This film is the fourth in a series about the languages of Southeast Asia. For further information: http://foreignlanguageexpertise.com

Category:

Education

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• Lao
• Laotian
• Languages
• of
• Southeast
• Asia
• polyglottery
• foreign
• languages
• language
• learning
• polyglots
• linguistics
• study
• strategies
• methods

[Nowl8]

Profesor will you ever make an introduction to the romance languages? i´m from Argentina and it´d be interesting to see your input on all the Spanish speaking varities, and comparisons to the other languages.

[ProfASAr]

@Nowl8 It has always been my intention to do this, but somehow other things have gotten in the way. While I could do them all on my own by making them purely text based, as in the Germanic series, I would prefer at this point to make them with some live native interviewees, as in this present series, so I am trying to coordinate that.

[djAmiracle]

just a suggestion, this interview setup seems a bit difficult for both the interviewer and the interviewees to understand who is being addressed and who should answer... i suggest having two tables arranged to be the sides of a triangle and on the third side is the video camera. on one table is the interviewer and on the other facing him are the interviewees... maybe it won't work but it's worth a try.

[ProfASAr]

@djAmiracle Thank you, this is indeed a very good suggestion and I will certainly try it the next time I make one of these. You will not, however, notice any difference in the next three that I post because I happened to make four in a row, back to back, in the library with an international group of students on the last day of their stay for an intensive course.

[taiglander]

I was really starting to miss your videos :) Welcome back and thank you for this new one!

[ntk7876600]

ຂໍຂອບໃຈ ອາເລັກແຊນດ້າ ວ່າຊັນ ກະດຽວລາວຊື່ Alexander ບໍ່ແມ່ນຫວາ ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ໃດ້ເກັ່ງດອກດອກພາສົມພາສາ­ຫັ້ນນາ ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍພັດ ອ່ານຊື້ລາວ ອອກວ່າ ອະເລັກແຊນເດີ ເດີ້ ເດີ້ ເດີ້ ເດີ້ ເດີ



[ntk7876600]

For example : Available :ອະໄວລະເບິລ ຫມົດເລຍ ບໍ່ມີຫຍັງຊິເວົ້າອີກແລ້ວ

[ntk7876600]

ອາຈານສອນພາສາອັງກິດຢູ່ດົງໂດກຫວາ­ນິ ສຳນຽງ ກັບ ຄຳເວົ້າ ແລະ ທັດສະ ໃດ້ທໍ່ນີ້ນິຫວາ ເຫັນແລ້ວອີ່ຕົນຜູ້ໄປຮຽນເດ້ເນາະ

[Yuamkevtiamno]

Lao and thai languges are almost the same. If you can speak lao then you will be automatic speak thai as well.sabai D savat D is the same. I can read and write both lao and thai. Pig means Mum in lao and in thai we also call mum and sukorn like he said.

[yaohonisgood]

This is very interesting. In 2010 I held weekly Lao language lessons via Skype conference call and it was very successful! I'm an American born Laotian and I am fluent in both languages (including reading and writing). I'm interested in learning more about what you do and if there's anyway I can contribute I'd be glad to. It's always a treat to see that there is interest in learning the Lao language!

[NehiroHakodate]

nar ja h sieng English hai muan2 nea ajarn ery!!!

[xayatosan]

oh nANG vATSAN AND tHAO kHAMBOU..

[Juejue101]

I need to learn Lao languages! We need more books for Lao langauge from guide,text and other formed of book.

[intermedia1000]

Thank you for sharing about Lao Language

some of pronounciation were missing.... can not be used for my communication

Phoumi Vongvichith ? hehehe.. he was the man destroyed Lao modern Language

[orenroberth]

.... You may come across another famous figure named Maha Sila Viravong. If I don't get it wrong, he was the first Lao linguist ever. With kind regards. Peace :)