Tone Practice

Vientiane Lao has five tones

Low Rising High Rising Low Falling High Falling High Mid

Just For Fun: Click one of the five choices above to find out which box below belongs to it, then click the box to find out some of the words having that tone choice.

Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5

 

The 4 written tone symbols
            
lao_tone_logo.gif (1262 bytes)

i_tone.gif (446 bytes)

 mai_to_tone.gif (481 bytes)

mai_tee+tone.gif (557 bytes)

  mai_jatthawa_tone.gif (471 bytes)
              
               
Chart Showing the Relationship Between the 4 Written Tone Marks and the 5 Spoken Tones of Vientiane Lao

Click on each word to listen to the pronunciation

To listen to the whole chart, click here
No Written Tone Mark i_tone.gif (446 bytes) mai_to_tone.gif (481 bytes) mai_tee+tone.gif (557 bytes) mai_jatthawa_tone.gif (471 bytes) Listen
dk / kaa djk dhk dHk dJk Listen
g9k / caw g9jk g9hk g9Hk g9Jk
fu/ dii fuj fuh fuH fuJ
g8/ tee g8j g8h g8H g8J
g[p/ bia g[jp g[hp g[Hp g[Jp
wx/ pay wxj wxh wxH wxJ
c1/ yee c1j c1h c1H c1J
3v/ ?oo 3vj 3vh 3vH 3vJ
                    
In order to best view this site and its Lao Fonts, you will need to download the Lao New Light, Lao Phonemic, and IPA Fonts then save them in your Windows/Fonts directory.

 

SEAsite Laos | Overview | History | Art & Culture | Language | Literature

Gallery | Folklore | Other Topics | Links | SEAsite

2002 SEAsite Laos.  Tone Practice