Romanization of Lao

Short description: Systems of transcribing the Lao alphabet into the Latin alphabet

Lao romanization systems are transcriptions of the Lao script into the Latin alphabet.

## Contents

* 1 Tables
* 1.1 Consonants
* 1.2 Vowel nuclei
* 2 See also
* 3 External links

## Tables

### Consonants

The table below shows the Lao consonant letters and their transcriptions according to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet,) BGN/PCGN romanization (1966 system) and LC (US ALA-LC romanization,) as well as the transcriptions used in the Unicode names of the letters, and in official Lao government usage.

Character | Initial position | Final position

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IPA | BGN | LC  | IPA | BGN | LC
ກ  | /k/ | k  | /k̚/ | k
ຂ  | /kʰ/ | kh  | — | —
ຄ  | /kʰ/ | kh  | — | —
ງ  | /ŋ/ | ng  | /ŋ/ | ng
ຈ  | /tɕ/ | ch  | — | —  | —
ສ  | /s/ | s  | — | —  | —
ຊ  | /s/ | x | s  | — | —  | —
ຍ  | /ɲ/ | gn | ny  | /j/ | y  | y
ດ  | /d/ | d  | /t̚/ | t  | d
ຕ  | /t/ | t  | — | —
ຖ  | /tʰ/ | th  | — | —  | —
ທ  | /tʰ/ | th  | — | —  | —
ນ  | /n/ | n  | /n/ | ne | n
ບ  | /b/ | b  | /p̚/ | p  | b
ປ  | /p/ | p  | — | —
ຜ  | /pʰ/ | ph  | — | —  | —
ຝ  | /f/ | f  | — | —  | —
ພ  | /pʰ/ | ph  | — | —  | —
ຟ  | /f/ | f  | — | —  | —
ມ  | /m/ | m  | /m/ | m
ຢ  | /j/ | y  | — | —  | —
ຣ  | /r/, /l/ | r  | — | — | —
ລ  | /l/ | l  | — | — | —
ວ  | /ʋ/, /w/ | v | v, w  | /w/ | w  | w
ຫ  | /h/ | h  | — | —  | —
ອ  | /ʔ/ | —  | — | —  | —
ຮ  | /h/ | h  | h | —  | —

### Vowel nuclei

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

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ກະ/ກັກ | /a/ | a | a | a | ກາ | /aː/ | a | ā | aa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ກິ | /i/ | i | i | i | ກີ | /iː/ | i | ī | ii | ເກັຽະ/ເກັຍ/ກັຽກ | /iaʔ/ | ia | ia |  | ເກັຽ/ເກຍ/ກຽກ | /ia/ | ia | īa |
ກຶ | /ɯ/ | u | ư | y | ກື | /ɯː/ | u | ư̄ | yy | ເກຶອ | /ɯaʔ/ | ua | ưa |  | ເກືອ | /ɯa/ | ua | ư̄a |
ກຸ | /u/ | ou | u | u | ກູ | /uː/ | ou | ū | uu | ກົວະ/ກັວກ | /uaʔ/ | oua | ua |  | ກົວ/ ກວກ | /ua/ | oua | ūa |
ເກະ/ເກັກ | /e/ | é | e |  | ເກ | /eː/ | é | ē | e |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ແກະ/ແກັກ | /ɛ/ | è | æ |  | ແກ | /ɛː/ | è | ǣ | ei |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ໂກະ/ກົກ | /o/ | ô | o |  | ໂກ | /oː/ | ô | ō | o |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ເກາະ/ກັອກ | /ɔ/ | o | o̜ |  | ກໍ/ກອກ | /ɔː/ | o | ō̜ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ເກິ/ເກິະ | /ɤ/ | eu | œ |  | ເກີ | /ɤː/ | eu | œ̄ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ໄກ/ໃກ/ກັຍ | /aj/ | ai | ai | ai/ay | ກາຍ/ກາຽ | /aːj/ | ai | āi |
ເກົາ | /aw/ | ao | ao |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ກໍາ | /am/ | am | am | am |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## See also

* Romanization
* Romanization of Thai

## External links

* Report on the current status of United Nations romanization systems for geographical names - Lao (PDF; this document refers to the Lao Commission Nationale de Toponymie. There is no Lao romanization system officially adopted by the UN.)
* Library of Congress romanization table for Lao (PDF)
* Unicode code chart for Lao
* ANSI Z39.35-1979, System for the Romanization of Lao, Khmer, and Pali; ISBN 0-88738-968-6.

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