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Lao people, the Glossary

The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the Lao language of the Kra–Dai languages.^[1]

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Tai peoples

Animism

Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

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Chao Anouvong (ເຈົ້າອານຸວົງສ໌; เจ้าอนุวงศ์), or regnal name Xaiya Setthathirath V (ໄຊຍະເສດຖາທິຣາຊທີ່ຫ້າ; ไชยเชษฐาธิราชที่ห้า), (1767 – 1829), led the Lao rebellion (1826–28) against Siam as the last monarch of the Kingdom of Vientiane.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Auguste Pavie

Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1925) was a French colonial civil servant, explorer and diplomat who was instrumental in establishing French control over Laos in the last two decades of the 19th century.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Austroasiatic languages

The Austroasiatic languages are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.

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Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).

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Île-de-France

The Île-de-France is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023.

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Baci

Baci/Basi (ບາສີ; บายศรี) and su kwan (Lao: ສູ່ຂວັນ; Thai: สู่ขวัญ, RTGS: su khwan; meaning "calling of the soul") is an important ceremony practised in Lao culture, Sipsong Panna and Northern and Lao Isan.

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Baiyue

The Baiyue, Hundred Yue, or simply Yue, were various ethnic groups who inhabited the regions of Southern China and Northern Vietnam during the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD. Lao people and Baiyue are tai peoples.

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Bang Khun Phrom

Bang Khun Phrom (บางขุนพรหม) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Phra Nakhon District, in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Bang Yi Khan

Rama VIII Bridge. Interior of Pata Department Store. Phra Pin Klao Bridge Pier (N12). Bang Yi Khan (บางยี่ขัน) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Bang Phlat District, Bangkok's Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya River).

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Boun Oum

Prince Boun Oum (also Prince Boun Oum Na Champassak; ບຸນອຸ້ມ ນະ ຈຳປາສັກ; บุญอุ้ม ณ จัมปาศักดิ์;; 2 December 1912 – 17 March 1980) was the son of King Ratsadanay, and was the hereditary prince of Champassak and also Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from March 1949 to February 1950 and again from December 1960 to June 1962.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Cambodian cuisine

Cambodian cuisine combines the culinary traditions of many different ethnic groups in Cambodia, an important subset of which is Khmer cuisine, the nearly-two-thousand-year-old culinary tradition of the majority Khmer people.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Champasak (town)

Champasak or Muang Champassak (ຈຳປາສັກ) is a small town in southern Laos, on the west bank of the Mekong River about 40 km south of Pakse, the capital of Champasak Province.

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Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya (or; แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา,, or) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country.

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Chili pepper

Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli, are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency.

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Chinese expansionism

Territorial expansion took place during multiple periods of Chinese history, especially under the dynasties of Han, Tang, Yuan, and Qing.

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Chinese people

The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.

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Code-switching

In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation or situation.

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Coffee

Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Corvée

Corvée is a form of unpaid forced labour that is intermittent in nature, lasting for limited periods of time, typically only a certain number of days' work each year.

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Dai people

The Dai people (Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; ᨴᩱ/ᨴᩱ᩠ᨿ; ໄຕ; ไท; တႆး) are several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China's Yunnan Province. Lao people and Dai people are ethnic groups in Laos, ethnic groups in Thailand, ethnic groups in Vietnam and tai peoples.

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De facto

De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.

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Ethnicity

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

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Fa Ngum

Somdetch Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara (ສົມເດັດ ພຣະບາດ ອັນຍາ ຟ້າ ລັດທຸຣັນຍາ ສຣີ ສັດຕະນາ ຄະນະຍຸດທາ ມະຫາຣາຊ໌ ພຣະບາດ ຣາຊະທໍຣະນາ ສຣີ ສັດຕະນະ ນະຄອນ), better known as Fa Ngum (Laotian: ຟ້າງູ່ມ; 1316 – 1393, born in Muang Sua, died in Nan), established the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang in 1353.

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Fish sauce

Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years.

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Five precepts

The five precepts (italic; italic) or five rules of training (italic; italic) is the most important system of morality for Buddhist lay people.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French cuisine

French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France.

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French people

The French people (lit) are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.

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French protectorate of Laos

The French protectorate of Laos was a French protectorate in Southeast Asia of what is today Laos between 1893 and 1953—with a brief interregnum as a Japanese puppet state in 1945—which constituted part of French Indochina.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Glutinous rice

Glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, and the northeastern regions of South Asia, which has opaque grains, very low amylose content, and is especially sticky when cooked.

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Grant Evans (scholar)

Grant Richard James Evans (11 October 194816 September 2014) was an Australian anthropologist notable for his works on Laos.

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Greater India

Greater India, also known as the Indian cultural sphere, or the Indic world, is an area composed of several countries and regions in South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically influenced by Indian culture, which itself formed from the various distinct indigenous cultures of South Asia.

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Green papaya salad

Green papaya salad (သင်္ဘောသီးသုပ်; បុកល្ហុង; ຕຳຫມາກຫຸ່ງ/ຕໍາສົ້ມ,; ပဒကာသီးသုပ်; ส้มตำ,,; ตำบักหุ่ง/ตำส้ม,; and gỏi đu đủ) is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya.

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Guangxi

Guangxi, officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, and Quảng Ninh Provinces) and the Gulf of Tonkin.

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Gunboat diplomacy

Gunboat diplomacy is the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power, implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare should terms not be agreeable to the superior force.

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Han dynasty

The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.

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Hill people

Hill people, also referred to as mountain people, is a general term for people who live in the hills and mountains.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Historical Vedic religion

The historical Vedic religion, also known as Vedicism and Vedism, sometimes called "Ancient Hinduism", constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst the Indo-Aryan peoples of the northwest Indian subcontinent (Punjab and the western Ganges plain) during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE).

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Hmong–Mien languages

The Hmong–Mien languages (also known as Miao–Yao and rarely as Yangtzean) are a highly tonal language family of southern China and northern Southeast Asia.

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Incense

Incense is an aromatic biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt.

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Isan

Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan/อีสาน,; translit; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pāli isāna or Sanskrit ईशान्य īśānya "northeast") consists of 20 provinces in northeastern Thailand.

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Isan people

The Isan people (คนอีสาน,,; คนอีสาน,; ຄົນອີສານ,; အီသန် လူမျိုး) or literally Northeastern people are an ethnic group native to Northeastern Thailand with an estimated population of about 22 million. Lao people and Isan people are ethnic groups in Thailand and tai peoples.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jataka tales

The Jātaka (Sanskrit for "Birth-Related" or "Birth Stories") are a voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.

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Journal of the Siam Society

The Journal of the Siam Society (JSS) is a scholarly journal published by the Siam Society in Bangkok since 1904.

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Kaṭhina

Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists in Bangladesh (known as Kaṭhina Cībar Dān), Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Karma in Buddhism

Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing".

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Kengtung

Kengtung (ဝဵင်းၵဵင်းတုင်, เชียงตุง), also spelt Kyaingtong, is a town in Shan State, Myanmar (formerly Burma).

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Khene

The khaen (spelled "Khaen", "Kaen", "Kehn" or "Ken" in English; แคน,,; គែន – Ken; Vietnamese: khèn or kheng) is a Lao mouth organ whose pipes, which are usually made of bamboo, are connected with a small, hollowed-out hardwood reservoir into which air is blown.

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Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.

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Khmer Lao people

Khmer Lao people (ខ្មែរឡាវ) or Lao Daeum (ឡាវដើម) are ethnic Lao living in northeastern Cambodia. Lao people and Khmer Lao people are ethnic groups in Cambodia and tai peoples.

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Khmer people

The Khmer people (ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia and the Mekong Delta. Lao people and Khmer people are ethnic groups in Cambodia.

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Khmu people

The Khmu (Khmu:; ກຶມມຸ or ຂະມຸ; ขมุ; Khơ Mú;; ခမူ) are an ethnic group of Southeast Asia. Lao people and Khmu people are ethnic groups in Laos and ethnic groups in Vietnam.

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Khorat Plateau

The Khorat Plateau (ที่ราบสูงโคราช; ที่ฮาบสูงโคราช) is a plateau in the northeastern Thai region of Isan.

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Khun Borom

Khun Borom (ขุนบรม) or Khoun Bourôm (ຂຸນບູຣົມ) is a legendary progenitor of the Southwestern Tai-speaking peoples,.

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Kingdom of Vientiane

The Kingdom of Vientiane was formed in 1707 as a result of the split of the Kingdom of Lan Xang.

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Kra–Dai languages

The Kra–Dai languages (also known as Tai–Kadai and Daic), are a language family in mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, and northeastern India.

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Lan Na

The Lan Na Kingdom or The Kingdom of Lanna (ᩋᩣᨱᩣᨧᩢᨠ᩠ᨠ᩼ᩃ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨶᨶᩣ,, "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; อาณาจักรล้านนา), also known as Lannathai, and most commonly called Lanna or Lanna Kingdom, was an Indianized state centered in present-day Northern Thailand from the 13th to 18th centuries.

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Lan Xang

Lan Xang or Lancang was a Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707.

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Lao language

Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language.

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Lao Loum

The Lao Loum (ລາວລຸ່ມ; ลาวลุ่ม) is an official Lao People's Democratic Republic designation for lowland dwelling Tai peoples, including the majority Lao people. Lao people and Lao Loum are ethnic groups in Laos and ethnic groups in Thailand.

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Lao New Year

Lao New Year, called Pi Mai (ປີໃໝ່) or less commonly Songkan (ສົງການ), is celebrated every year from 13 or 14 April to 15 or 16 April.

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Lao rebellion (1826–1828)

The Lao Rebellion of 1826–1828 (also known as Anouvong's Rebellion or the Vientiane-Siam War) was an attempt by King Anouvong (Xaiya Sethathirath V) of the Kingdom of Vientiane to end the suzerainty of Siam and recreate the former kingdom of Lan Xang.

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Lao royal family

The Lan Xang Hom Khao dynasty (ລາຊະວົງລ້ານຊ້າງຮົ່ມຂາວ) or Lao royal family was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Laos from 1904 to 1975 and the group of close relatives of the monarch of the Kingdom of Laos.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Laotian Civil War

The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975.

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Larb

Laab / Larb (ລາບ; ลาบ,,, also spelled,, or) is a type of Lao meat salad that is the national dish of Laos, along with green papaya salad and sticky rice.

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Luang Prabang

Luang Phabang, (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or Louangphabang (pronounced), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ.

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Mahayana

Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).

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Māgha Pūjā

(also written as Makha Bucha Day) is a Buddhist festival celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabaung in Myanmar.

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Mekong

The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Michel Ferlus

Michel Ferlus (1935–2024) was a French linguist who specialized in the historical phonology of languages of Southeast Asia.

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Middle Chinese

Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the Qieyun, a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions.

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Mon language

The Mon language (ဘာသာမန်; Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်; မွန်ဘာသာစကား; ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people.

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Mon people

The Mon (ဂကူမန်; Thai Mon. Lao people and Mon people are ethnic groups in Laos and ethnic groups in Thailand.

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Mongkut

Mongkut (มงกุฏ; 18 October 18041 October 1868) was the fourth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IV.

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Mor lam

Mor lam (Lao: ໝໍລຳ; Isan: หมอลำ; หมอลำ) is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan.

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Muang Then

Muang Thaeng or Mường Thèn is a legendary Tai locality believed to be associated with modern-day Mường Thanh Valley in Điện Biên province of Vietnam.

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Mueang

Mueang (เมือง mɯ̄ang), Muang (ເມືອງ mɯ́ang,; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ muang), Mong (မိူင်း mə́ŋ), Meng or Mường (Vietnamese) were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principalities in mainland Southeast Asia, adjacent regions of Northeast India and Southern China, including what is now Thailand, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, parts of northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan, western Guangxi and Assam.

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Nakhon Ratchasima

Nakhon Ratchasima (นครราชสีมา) is the capital of Nakhon Ratchasima province and the third largest city in Thailand.

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Nāga

In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art.

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Northern Thailand

Northern Thailand, or more specifically Lanna, is geographically characterised by several mountain ranges, which continue from the Shan Hills in bordering Myanmar to Laos, and the river valleys that cut through them.

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Nyaw people

The Lao Nyaw, Thai Nyaw or Tai Yo (Thai/Isan: ไทญ้อ,, Isan pronunciation:, Khmer: ឡាវញ៉) are an ethnic group of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, scattered throughout the provinces of Isan such as Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, and parts of Bolikhamxai and Khammouan provinces of Laos. Lao people and Nyaw people are ethnic groups in Cambodia, ethnic groups in Laos, ethnic groups in Thailand and tai peoples.

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Old Chinese

Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese.

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Padaek

Padaek or padek (Lao: ປາແດກ) is a traditional Lao condiment made from pickled or fermented fish that has been cured.

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Pali

Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pathet Lao

The Pathet Lao (translation), officially the Lao People's Liberation Army, was a communist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century.

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Phi Fa

Phi Fa (ผีฟ้า, ຜີຟ້າ) is a deity or spirit in the local folklore of Thailand and Laos.

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Phra Lak Phra Ram

Phra Lak Phra Ram (ພຣະລັກພຣະຣາມ, pʰrāʔ lāk pʰrāʔ ráːm) is the national epic of the Lao people, an adaptation of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. Ramayana reached Laos much later than Cambodia (Reamker) and Thailand (Ramakien) which caused the loss of its original Hindu influence and affected local adaptation.

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Phu Thai language

Phu Thai (Phuu Thai; Thai, Phu Thai: Phasa Phuthai, ภาษาผู้ไท or ภูไท) is a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Population

Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.

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Rail transport in Thailand

Rail transport plays a crucial role in connecting various regions of Thailand, transporting both goods and passengers through a range of transportation options that include inter-city and commuter rail, mass rapid transit, monorails, and airport rail links.

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Rama III

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Nangklao Chaoyuhua (พระบาทสมเด็จพระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว,; 31 March 1788 – 2 April 1851), personal name Thap (ทับ), also styled Rama III, was the third king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, ruling from 21 July 1824 to 2 April 1851.

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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Rebirth (Buddhism)

Rebirth in Buddhism refers to the teaching that the actions of a sentient being lead to a new existence after death, in an endless cycle called saṃsāra.

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Refugee

A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.

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Robert Rich (musician)

Robert Rich (born August 23, 1963) is an ambient musician and composer based in California, United States.

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Sang Sinxay

Sang Sinxay (ສັງສິນໄຊ, also known as Sinxay or Sinsai) is a Lao epic poem written by Pang Kham.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Setthathirath

Setthathirath (ເສດຖາທິຣາດ; 24 January 1534 – 1571) or Xaysettha (ໄຊເສດຖາ; ไชยเชษฐาธิราช,, ဇယဇေဋ္ဌာဓိရာဇ်) is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history.

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Shamanism

Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance.

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Shellac

Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sino-Tibetan languages

Sino-Tibetan, also cited as Trans-Himalayan in a few sources, is a family of more than 400 languages, second only to Indo-European in number of native speakers.

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Sip Song Chau Tai

The Sip Song Chau TaiOther spellings include: Sip Song Chau Thai, Sipsong Chuthai, Sipsong Chu Tai, Sip Song Chu Tai, Sipsongchuthai, Sip Song Chu Thai, Sipsong Chau Tai, Sip Song Chao Thai, Sipsong Chao Tai, Sipsongchutai, Sipsong Chao Thai.

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Slash-and-burn

Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.

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Souphanouvong

Prince Souphanouvong (13 July 1909 – 9 January 1995), nicknamed the Red Prince, was along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak, one of the "Three Princes" who represented respectively the communist (pro-Vietnam), neutralist and royalist political factions in Laos.

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Sourigna Vongsa

Souligna Vongsa (ສຸຣິຍະວົງສາທັມມິກຣາດ) was the king of Lan Xang whose reign is considered the golden age of Laos.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Souvanna Phouma

Prince Souvanna Phouma (7 October 1901 – 10 January 1984) was the leader of the neutralist faction and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times (1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960, and 1962–1975).

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Spirit house

A spirit house is a shrine to the protective spirit of a place that is found in the Southeast Asian countries of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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Spring and Autumn period

The Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history lasted approximately from 770 to 481 BCE which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period.

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Stung Treng

Stung Treng City (ទីក្រុងស្ទឹងត្រែង; ຊຽງແຕງ) is the capital of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia.

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Stung Treng province

Stung Treng (ស្ទឹងត្រែង, UNGEGN: Stœ̆ng Trêng; ຊຽງແຕງ,,; lit. "River of Reeds") is a province of Cambodia in the northeast.

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Tai Dam people

The Tai Dam (Tai Dam:, ໄຕດຳ, ไทดำ) are an ethnic minority predominantly from China, northwest Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. Lao people and Tai Dam people are ethnic groups in Laos, ethnic groups in Thailand, ethnic groups in Vietnam and tai peoples.

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Tai folk religion

The Tai folk religion, Satsana Phi or Ban Phi is the ancient native ethnic religion of Tai people still practiced by various Tai groups.

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Tai peoples

Tai peoples are the populations who speak (or formerly spoke) the Tai languages. Lao people and Tai peoples are ethnic groups in Vietnam.

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Tai Tham script

Tai Tham script (Tham meaning "scripture") is an abugida writing system used mainly for a group of Southwestern Tai languages i.e., Northern Thai, Tai Lü, Khün and Lao; as well as the liturgical languages of Buddhism i.e., Pali and Sanskrit.

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Taksin

King Taksin the Great (สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช) or the King of Thonburi (สมเด็จพระเจ้ากรุงธนบุรี,;; Teochew: Dên Chao; 17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was the only king of the Thonburi Kingdom that ruled Thailand from 1767 to 1782.

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Thai cuisine

Thai cuisine (อาหารไทย) is the national cuisine of Thailand.

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Thai people

Thai people (ชาวไทย; endonym), Chao Phraya Thai (ไทยลุ่มเจ้าพระยา; exonym and also academic), Central Thai people (คนภาคกลาง; exonym and also domestically), Southern Thai people (คนใต้; exonym and also domestically), Siamese, Thai Siam (ไทยสยาม; historical exonym and sometimes domestically), Tai Noi people (ไทน้อย; historical endonym and sometimes domestically), are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Thailand. Lao people and Thai people are ethnic groups in Thailand and tai peoples.

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Thaification

Thaification, or Thai-ization, is the process by which people of different cultural and ethnic origins living in Thailand become assimilated to the dominant culture of Thailand, that of central Thailand. Lao people and Thaification are ethnic groups in Thailand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_people

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