Þā '''Lao''' sind [[folclic mǣgþ|folcliċ mæȝþ]] [[Ēastansūþan Asia|ĒastansūþanĒastansūðan Asian]]. Mǣste Lao menn wuniaþƿuniaþ in oþþe [[Laos]] (ymbe 3 million) oþþe [[Thailand]]e (ymbe 15 million). Þæt Lao folc Thailandes in [[Isan]] dǣle wuniaþƿuniaþ mǣst, þēah hēr sind manigmæniȝ [[wīdgangol wyrcend|ƿīdgangol ƿyrcend]] of [[Isan]]e þe þā wyrcaþƿyrcaþ in ōðrum dǣlum, tō bīsene [[Bangcoc]]e. Þæt Lao folc sprecaþ manigfealdemæniȝfealde [[undersprǣc]]as þǣm [[Lao sprǣc]]e and [[Isan sprǣc]]e, þe Þā man eft gecwiðaþȝecƿiðaþ swāsƿā ānfald [[sprǣc|sprǣce]]. ManyMæniȝ peoplelēode in Isan prefer the term Isan to Lao as a result of the "[[Thaification]]" campaigns of the [[20th century]], but there remain many close cultural bonds between the Lao people as a whole.
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*Wyatt, David. ''Thailand: A Short History''. Yale University Press, 1984.
==ŪtweardlicŪtƿeardliċ bend==
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp?place=Asia Reports on languages spoken in Laos and Thailand, from Ethnologue.com]
