Reading Lao: Vowels

Lesson 3

The goal of this second lesson is to read two Lao vowels, xb and xn and to pronounce them with Lao consonants. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button or the underlined words below.


7hk's,kdvb
pumkin's vine

Listening and Reading these Vowels.


s,kdvb
pumkin

,n
hand

Practice 1: Reading with Consonants
To find out what tones these syllables have, please click tone.
Some of these syllables do not have meaning attached to them.
NM - no meaning.
The goal is to practice reading and listening.

db	fb	8b	ob
NM	NM	NM	NM
[b	xb	,b	vb
NM	NM	NM	NM
dn	fn	8n	on
NM	NM	NM	NM
[n	xn	,n	vn
NM	NM	hand	NM

Practice 2: Reading Words

dtxy	8kdn
shrimp paste	NM
,nfu	okxu
good hand	NM
dt[n	vbvt
water buffalo	NM

Exercises

1. Dictation Exercise: On a sheet of paper, write in Lao the words that you hear by clicking on the speech icons.

After finishing the above dictation exercise, click here for the answers.

2. What tones do you hear? Rising, Low, Mid, High, High Falling, Low Falling

3. Which vowel is long, and which is short?

Vocabulary:

nouns: 7hk' (vine), s,kdvb (pumkin), ,n (hand), dtxy (shrimp paste), fu (good), dt[n (buffalo)