The Lao Diaries
The scheme does not, even so, mirror the intricacy with the state’s cultural and linguistic composition. For example, the language spoken by the Lao of Vientiane, a Lao Loum group, bears nearer resemblance to that spoken by the Thai across the river than to languages spoken by some other Lao Loum peoples such as the Tai Dam (Black Tai; so named f