What is Lao script?
'''Lao script''' is the [[writing system]] used to write the [[Lao language]]. It is based on the [[Khmer script]]. Since the [[Thai script]] was also based on the Khmer script, Lao script is very similar. Like Thai, it is an [[abugida]], it has [[Tone language|tone]] markers, and it has three classes of consonants that decides the tone of syllables.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://omniglot.com/writing/lao.htm|title=Lao alphabet, pronunciation and language|website=omniglot.com|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref> However, it is different from the Thai script because it has fewer [[Consonant|consonants]] and the characters are much curvier than Thai, which are more angular. It also does not have the extra [[Letter|letters]] from [[Sanskrit]] and [[Pali]] like Thai does. The Lao script has 27 consonant [[Letter|letters]], 7 consonant [[Ligature (typography)|ligatures]], 33 [[vowel]] markers, and 4 tone markers. ==References== <references /> {{List of writing systems}} [[Category:Writing systems]] [[Category:Lao language]] {{asia-stub}}