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    Laos has a high degree of linguistic diversity with 49 ethnic groups and around 70-120 languages spoken. The official language is Lao, though the majority of people do not speak it due to the country's ethnic diversity. The language policy of Laos has gone through changes over time, including modifications made by French colonizers to simplify the Lao script. While Lao is now the sole official language, this has presented challenges for development, education, health, and governance given that most citizens do not speak the official language. The research paper analyzed these issues and proposed interventions to address problems with Laos's current language policy.

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    Laos has a high degree of linguistic diversity with 49 ethnic groups and around 70-120 languages spoken. The official language is Lao, though the majority of people do not speak it due to the country's ethnic diversity. The language policy of Laos has gone through changes over time, including modifications made by French colonizers to simplify the Lao script. While Lao is now the sole official language, this has presented challenges for development, education, health, and governance given that most citizens do not speak the official language. The research paper analyzed these issues and proposed interventions to address problems with Laos's current language policy.

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    Laos has a high degree of linguistic diversity with 49 ethnic groups and around 70-120 languages spoken. The official language is Lao, though the majority of people do not speak it due to the country's ethnic diversity. The language policy of Laos has gone through changes over time, including modifications made by French colonizers to simplify the Lao script. While Lao is now the sole official language, this has presented challenges for development, education, health, and governance given that most citizens do not speak the official language. The research paper analyzed these issues and proposed interventions to address problems with Laos's current language policy.

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    Summary of Language Policy Research in Laos

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    Laos has a high degree of linguistic diversity with 49 ethnic groups and around 70-120 languages spoken. The official language is Lao, though the majority of people do not speak it due to the country's ethnic diversity. The language policy of Laos has gone through changes over time, including modifications made by French colonizers to simplify the Lao script. While Lao is now the sole official language, this has presented challenges for development, education, health, and governance given that most citizens do not speak the official language. The research paper analyzed these issues and proposed interventions to address problems with Laos's current language policy.

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    Nakadai, Mica A.

    EDE 31
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    Summary of Language Policy Research in Laos

    As social beings, communication is a vital aspect of living. Language is a system


    of communication that is used to express one’s thoughts and emotions to other people.
    With that, it is important for people to practice their language effectively. In addition,
    societies have to manage their language and develop Language Planning, Language
    Management, and Language Policies.
    The Southeast Asian country, Laos, is one of the multilingual societies in the
    world that possesses a high degree of linguistic diversity. Laos has 49 ethnic groups
    and this was caused by migration, global conflict, and its position between neighboring
    countries. The estimated number of languages in Laos is around 70 to 120 languages
    wherein the major dialects are Southern Lao, Northern Lao, Northeastern Lao, Central
    Lao, Western Lao, and Vientiane Lao.
    Before the current language policy of Laos was formulated, it went through
    several changes and development. The Lao script was originally complex so the French
    who colonized the country had made modifications to the language. A simplified
    orthographic system was created by the French administration. When Laos attained
    independence from the French, Lao became the sole official language of the country.
    With the Lao language and Lao script as the official language and script of the
    country, the administration of Lao PDR expected the unity of its citizens. However, due
    to the diversity of languages in the country, the official language is not used by the
    majority of the Lao people. This resulted in challenges in the development, education,
    health, economy, and governance of the country. The research paper provided
    interventions for the aforementioned problems which were discussed by Dr. Paulin G.
    Djite in his book, “The Language Difference: Language and Development in the Greater
    Mekong Sub-Region”.
    This research paper provided and has thoroughly discussed the language
    background, history of language policy formulation, language policy, language
    commission and implementation, issues and challenges, and the interventions for the
    language policy of Laos.

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