| 摘要 | Chapters: Lhoba, Mon People, Lao People, Chakma People, Rakhine People, Shan, Bamar, Monpa, Tai-Phake, Singpho, Lepcha People, Sherdukpen, Bai People, Bhutia, Khamti, Yugur, Tamang, Ngac'ang, Pear, Khowa, Barua, Lao Krang, Nga People, De'ang, Nyaw Language, Lishipa, Chugpa, Zekhring, Khamba, Khamyang. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Laos: 4.5 millionThailand: 20 millionUnited States: approx. 300,000Vietnam: 169,000Russia: 150,000France: 50,000Burma: 25,000Canada: 25,000Australia: 14,000Argentina: 2,000Brazil: 1,000 New Zealand: 1,000 The Lao (Lao: , Isan: , IPA: láw) are an ethnic subgroup of Tai/Dai in Southeast Asia. The vast majority of Lao people live in Laos and the Isan region of Thailand. The etymology of the word Lao is uncertain, although it may be related to tribes known as the Ai Lao (Lao: , Isan: , Chinese: ; pinyin: iláo, Vietnamese: ai lao) who appear in Han Dynasty records in China and Vietnam as a people of what is now Yunan Province. Tribes descended from the Ai Lao included the Tai tribes that migrated to Southeast Asia. The English word Laotian, used interchangeably with Lao in most contexts, comes from French laotien/laotienne. The Lao people, like many other Tai peoples also refer to themselves as Tai (Lao: , Isan: , IPA: táj) and more specifically Tai Lao (, ). In Thailand, the local Lao people are differentiated from the Lao of Laos and by the Thais by the term Thai Isan (Lao: , Isan: , IPA: i: s:n), a Sanskrit-derived term meaning northeast, but 'Lao' is still used. According to a shared legend amongst various Tai tribes, a possibly mythical king, Khun Borom Rachathiriat (, , ) of Mueang Thaen (, , ) (modern-day in Biên Ph) begot several sons that settled and ruled other mueang, or city-states, across South-East Asia an...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=197158 |
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