Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 1

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xa', xk', xu', xy', xb'and xn' and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


-hk' gg]t ]u' 16j.oxjk
Elephants and monkeys live in the wild

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xk'
-hk'
elephant
	xu'
]u'
monkey
	xn'
vnj'
frog

Practice 1: Reading with Vowels
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.

xa'	pa'	;a'	0a'	I6fa'
xa'	what	palace	to jail	nostril
xk'	7k'	9k'	;k'	8hk'
xk'	chin	bland	to place	NM
xy'	9y'	ly'	ry'	7toy'
xy'	real	lion	NM	NM
xu'	]u'	8u'	/u'	sq;0u'
xu'	monkey	to move	NM	ginger
xb'	[b'	0b'	rb'	dbh'8k
xb'	pond	NM	to spread	squint
xn'	dnj'	8nj'	pnj'	vnj'grqhk
xn'	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading and Listening
The goal is to listen and identify syllables that you hear.
Each syllable is separated by spaces.

.o xjk d;hk'

s,u |6j ]u' 7jk' -hk'

Vocabulary:

-hk'(elephant), gg]t(and), ]u'(monkey), 16j(at/live), .o(in), xjk(jungle), vnj'(frog), pa'(what), ;a'(palace),
0a'(to jail), I6fa'(nostril), 7k'(chin), 9k'(bland), ;k'(to place), 9y'(real), ly'(lion), 8u'(to move), sq;0u'(ginger), [b'(pond), rb'(to spread), dbh'8k(squint)