Romanization of Lao

Romanisation of Lao () is the transcription form from Lao script to Latin alphabet.

History

There was no romanisation system in the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names for Laotian script and no national romanisation system in Laos until 1996. BGN and PCGN joined (National Commission of Toponym) and finally established a system for Lao romanisation.

Tables

Source:

• American Library of Congress (LC)
• American United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
• British Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (PCGN)

Consonants

Vowel nuclei

The table below shows the Lao vowel nuclei, combined with the consonant ກ.

See also

• Romanization
• Romanization of Thai

References

Further reading

• Unicode code chart for Lao
• ANSI Z39.35-1979, System for the Romanization of Lao, Khmer, and Pali; .

External links