French is an administrative language in Laos. Laos has the second largest Francophone community in Southeast Asia after Vietnam and ahead of Cambodia....

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broadcasts in French are also present. Vietnam portal French language in Laos French language in Cambodia French Indochina French Cochinchina Annam (French protectorate)...

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The French protectorate of Laos (French: Protectorat français du Laos) was a French protectorate in Southeast Asia of what is today Laos between 1893 and...

[pʰáː.sǎː láːw]), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand...

part of French Indochina. Laos was under Japanese administration during World War II, gaining independence in 1945 before returning to French administration...

The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was...

African French (French: français africain) is the umbrella grouping of varieties of the French language spoken throughout Francophone Africa. Used mainly...

Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 26 countries, as well as one of the most geographically widespread languages in the...

reunified under the French Protectorate of Laos in 1893. The borders of Laos were established by the French colonial government in the 19th and 20th centuries...

de facto language. List of countries where French is the only official language: In many countries, French is used as a co-official language alongside...

topics related to Laos. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Recent changes in the sidebar. The...

The French language became an international language, the second international language alongside Latin, in the Middle Ages, "from the fourteenth century...

state within the French Union in March 1949. This led to Cochinchina returning to Vietnam in June. Laos and Cambodia also became French associated states...

inhabiting Laos and northeastern Thailand. They speak the Lao language, part of the Kra–Dai language family, and are the dominant ethnic group in Laos. Significant...

Theravada Buddhism is the largest religion in Laos, which is practiced by 66% of the population. Lao Buddhism is a unique version of Theravada Buddhism...

remaining French powers to the Royal Lao Government (except control of military affairs), establishing Laos as an independent member of the French Union....

between Canada and Laos were established in 1954 with the formalization of the independence of the Kingdom of Laos from France. In August 2015, Canada's...

been a former colony of France, Laos never inherited any anti-sodomy laws since the French declared such laws as unconstitutional in 1791. The age of consent...

Laos has one of the most restrictive media environments in the world. In 2020, Reporters Without Borders ranked Laos 172 out of 179 on its annual Press...

Rénovateur is the only French-language newspaper in the Lao PDR (Laos). It is published weekly by the Lao Press in Foreign Languages, which is a specialised...

music of Laos includes the music of the Lao people, a Tai ethnic group, and other ethnic groups living in Laos. The traditional music of Laos has similarities...

sub-grouping of the Lao language such as by native speakers, Laotian Lao and many linguists, it is also classified as a separate language in light of its unique...

the Japanese defeat in World War II and became the government of Laos before the return of the French. It aimed to prevent the French from restoring their...

Lao is a Tai language spoken by 7 million people in Laos and 23 million people in northeast Thailand. After the conclusion of the Franco-Siamese conflict...

The dance and theatre of Laos (nattakam Lao, Lao: ນາດຕະກັມລາວ [nâːt.tā.kàm láːw]) is the primary dramatic art form of Laos' majority ethnic group, the...

population as of 2008 census. The majority of Laotian Muslims are Sunni. Laotian Muslims can be found in the capital, Vientiane, which has two mosques...

Protestantism in Laos make up about 80% of the Christian population of the country in 2020. Most of the Protestants in Laos are part of the Lao Evangelical...

script. Lao cuisine or Laotian cuisine (Lao: ອາຫານລາວ, pronounced [ʔàː.hǎːn láːw], RTGS: ahan lao) is the national cuisine of Laos. The staple food of the...