Reading Lao: Vowels & Final Consonants

Lesson 1

The goal of this lesson is to learn vowel and consonant ending, xັງ, xາງ, xີງ, xິງ, xຶງand xືງ and to pronounce them with Lao consonant. You can practice listening and reading by clicking on the button below or the underlined words.


ຊ້າງ ເເລະ ລີງ ຢູ່ໃນປ່າ
Elephants and monkeys live in the wild

Listening and Reading these Endings.1

	xາງ
ຊ້າງ
elephant
	xີງ
ລີງ
monkey
	xືງ
ອື່ງ
frog

Practice 1: Reading with Vowels
To find out what tones these syllables have, please click tone.
Some of these syllables do not have meaning attached to them.
NM - no meaning.
The goal is to practice reading and listening.

xັງ	ຍັງ	ວັງ	ຂັງ	ຮູດັງ
xັງ	what	palace	to jail	nostril
xາງ	ຄາງ	ຈາງ	ວາງ	ຕ້າງ
xາງ	chin	bland	to place	NM
xິງ	ຈິງ	ສິງ	ພິງ	ຄະນິງ
xິງ	real	lion	NM	NM
xີງ	ລີງ	ຕີງ	ຝີງ	ຫົວຂີງ
xີງ	monkey	to move	NM	ginger
xຶງ	ບຶງ	ຂຶງ	ພຶງ	ກຶ້ງຕາ
xຶງ	pond	NM	to spread	squint
xືງ	ກື່ງ	ຕື່ງ	ຍື່ງ	ອື່ງເພົ້າ
xືງ	NM	NM	NM	NM

Practice 2: Reading and Listening
The goal is to listen and identify syllables that you hear.
Each syllable is separated by spaces.

ໃນ ປ່າ ກວ້າງ

ຫມີ ໝູ່ ລີງ ຄ່າງ ຊ້າງ

Vocabulary:

ຊ້າງ(elephant), ເເລະ(and), ລີງ(monkey), ຢູ່(at/live), ໃນ(in), ປ່າ(jungle), ອື່ງ(frog), ຍັງ(what), ວັງ(palace),
ຂັງ(to jail), ຮູດັງ(nostril), ຄາງ(chin), ຈາງ(bland), ວາງ(to place), ຈິງ(real), ສິງ(lion), ຕີງ(to move), ຫົວຂີງ(ginger), ບຶງ(pond), ພຶງ(to spread), ກຶ້ງຕາ(squint)