encroaching use of English. The French language was introduced to Laos in the 19th century when French explorers arrived in Laos trying to make inroads into...

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...

Phnom Penh Cambodia portal French language in Vietnam French language in Laos Francophonie La Francophonie in Asia, France-Diplomatie, 2005, archived...

establishment of French, Swiss and Canadian relations and opening of French-language centers in central Laos. Today, French has a healthier status in Laos than the...

French was the official language of Vietnam under French colonial rule during the 19th and early 20th centuries. After 1954, French fell into disuse in...

[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...

Laos portal France portal France–Laos relations History of Laos French Laos, French protectorate of Laos French language in Laos Asian diasporas in France...

French is an official language in 27 independent nations. The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de...

French (French: français africain) is the generic name of the varieties of the French language spoken by an estimated 167 million people in Africa in...

under the French Protectorate of Laos in 1893. The borders of the modern state of Laos were established by the French colonial government in the late 19th...

French (français, French: [fʁɑ̃sɛ], or langue française, French: [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from...

The Kingdom of Laos was a landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula. It was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest...

densities in Asia. Yet the country of Laos has an official count of over forty-seven ethnicities divided into 149 sub-groups and 80 different languages. The...

The Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) was a civil war in Laos waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December...

natives of Laos in general, aside from or alongside ethnic Lao during different periods in history. Since the end of French rule in Laos in 1953, Lao has...

Laos is a country in Southeast Asia. The country's population was estimated at about 7.43 million in 2021, dispersed unevenly across the country. Most...

Federation, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese...

"Laotian Sign Language". Sign languages in use in Laos include French Sign Language, American Sign Language, Thai Sign Language, Lao Sign Language (derived...

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

Laos is a country in and the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. It covers approximately 236...

Luang Prabang was listed in 1995, Vat Phou in 2001, and the Plain of Jars in 2019. All three sites are cultural. In addition, Laos has two sites on its tentative...

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...

the French arrived. It eventually passed to French rule in 1893. It became the capital of the French protectorate of Laos in 1899. During the French colonial...

bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Laos go unreported and unnoticed. While homosexuality is legal in Laos, it is very difficult to assess the current...

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...

The Laotian Chinese (Lao: ຄົນລາວຈີນ) are Laotian citizens of Han Chinese ancestry. They constitute one of the many Overseas Chinese residing in Southeast...

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...

(BRI). Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, which burdens it with a competitive disadvantage in trade. During French rule, the French failed...

French language are spoken in France and around the world. The Francophones of France generally use Metropolitan French[citation needed] (spoken in Paris...