Lao Language Guide & Audio - World Nomads 4+

This is a pretty good app to learn some basic Laotian. My wife is Laotian and this will be a nice starting place for me to learn a few more sayings. I wish there were some other day to day phrases or words here.

All in all it's pretty good and easy to hear what the people are saying. I hope there is an update soon with added stuff.

Keep up the good work.

I started on this app when my now husband and I were dating... he speaks Lao! I learned a lot of phrases on here that I use with my mother in law. The best practice is to speak directly with someone but When I’m alone I get on this and I remember a lot of phrases from the first time I used it! It might be really proper words that people don’t use but it’s a start somewhere.

If I read one more complaint about tone marks... The average non-polyglot doesn't even know what to do with a tone mark when they see one. This isn't a master language program; you can't expect to learn more than a few bare bones phrases from it. The pronunciation is not off; someone who has never spoken Lao or Thai before will have a very difficult time duplicating some language sounds. This is especially true for native English speakers. However, Laotians are not so mean that they won't try to understand you and correct you if you're screwing up their language; usually they're grateful that you're even trying.