The Lao script is caseless and written left to right, and is used mainly for Lao, the predominant language used in Laos. There are not normally spaces between words, only between sentences. You can find some Unicode Lao text to try at Saysettha OT Sample. You can find out more about Lao Unicode at the Lao Language and Unicode page.
Microsoft Windows incorporates support for Lao Unicode from Windows Vista onwards.
Internet Explorer 5, 5.5 and 6 for Windows and Opera 6 for Windows can display Unicode Lao text. Mozilla and Netscape 7 can also display Unicode Lao text, but they do not allow a preferred font to be selected. Lao Script for Windows allows Unicode Lao to be typed in Word for Windows 97, 2000 and XP with Windows 95, 98 and Me, and in any Unicode-aware application with Windows NT 4, 2000 and XP.
The characters that appear in the “Character” columns of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
You can find some or all of the characters in this range in the Windows Unicode fonts Alice0 MX, Alice1 MX, Alice2 MX, Alice 3 MX, Alice4 MX, Alice5 MX, Arial Unicode MS, Code2000, DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Sans Condensed, DejaVu Sans Mono, DokChampa, JG Basic Lao, JG Chantabouli Lao, JG Lao Old Arial, JG Lao Oldface, JG LaoTimes, Lao Unicode, Phetsarath OT, Saysettha MX, Saysettha OT, Saysettha Unicode, Sun-ExtA, VangVieng MX and XiengThong MX, and in the Unix Unicode font ClearlyU.
To see exactly which characters are included in a particular font, you can use a utility such as Andrew West’s BabelMap, or WunderMoosen’s FontChecker.
If you are not familiar with the characters, you can check the characters displayed here with the graphical display at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0E80.pdf.
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Name |
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ກ | 3713 | ກ | 0E81 | LAO LETTER KO |
ຂ | 3714 | ຂ | 0E82 | LAO LETTER KHO SUNG |
ຄ | 3716 | ຄ | 0E84 | LAO LETTER KHO TAM |
ງ | 3719 | ງ | 0E87 | LAO LETTER NGO |
ຈ | 3720 | ຈ | 0E88 | LAO LETTER CO |
ຊ | 3722 | ຊ | 0E8A | LAO LETTER SO TAM |
ຍ | 3725 | ຍ | 0E8D | LAO LETTER NYO |
ດ | 3732 | ດ | 0E94 | LAO LETTER DO |
ຕ | 3733 | ຕ | 0E95 | LAO LETTER TO |
ຖ | 3734 | ຖ | 0E96 | LAO LETTER THO SUNG |
ທ | 3735 | ທ | 0E97 | LAO LETTER THO TAM |
ນ | 3737 | ນ | 0E99 | LAO LETTER NO |
ບ | 3738 | ບ | 0E9A | LAO LETTER BO |
ປ | 3739 | ປ | 0E9B | LAO LETTER PO |
ຜ | 3740 | ຜ | 0E9C | LAO LETTER PHO SUNG |
ຝ | 3741 | ຝ | 0E9D | LAO LETTER FO TAM |
ພ | 3742 | ພ | 0E9E | LAO LETTER PHO TAM |
ຟ | 3743 | ຟ | 0E9F | LAO LETTER FO SUNG |
ມ | 3745 | ມ | 0EA1 | LAO LETTER MO |
ຢ | 3746 | ຢ | 0EA2 | LAO LETTER YO |
ຣ | 3747 | ຣ | 0EA3 | LAO LETTER LO LING |
ລ | 3749 | ລ | 0EA5 | LAO LETTER LO LOOT |
ວ | 3751 | ວ | 0EA7 | LAO LETTER WO |
ສ | 3754 | ສ | 0EAA | LAO LETTER SO SUNG |
ຫ | 3755 | ຫ | 0EAB | LAO LETTER HO SUNG |
ອ | 3757 | ອ | 0EAD | LAO LETTER O |
ຮ | 3758 | ຮ | 0EAE | LAO LETTER HO TAM |
ຯ | 3759 | ຯ | 0EAF | LAO ELLIPSIS |
ະ | 3760 | ະ | 0EB0 | LAO VOWEL SIGN A |
ອັ | 3761 | ອັ | 0EB1 | LAO VOWEL SIGN MAI KAN (combined with o (ອ)) |
າ | 3762 | າ | 0EB2 | LAO VOWEL SIGN AA |
ຳ | 3763 | ຳ | 0EB3 | LAO VOWEL SIGN AM |
ອິ | 3764 | ອິ | 0EB4 | LAO VOWEL SIGN I (combined with o (ອ)) |
ອີ | 3765 | ອີ | 0EB5 | LAO VOWEL SIGN II (combined with o (ອ)) |
ອຶ | 3766 | ອຶ | 0EB6 | LAO VOWEL SIGN Y (combined with o (ອ)) |
ອື | 3767 | ອື | 0EB7 | LAO VOWEL SIGN YY (combined with o (ອ)) |
ອຸ | 3768 | ອຸ | 0EB8 | LAO VOWEL SIGN U (combined with o (ອ)) |
ອູ | 3769 | ອູ | 0EB9 | LAO VOWEL SIGN UU (combined with o (ອ)) |
ອົ | 3771 | ອົ | 0EBB | LAO VOWEL SIGN MAI KON (combined with o (ອ)) |
ຫຼ | 3772 | ຫຼ | 0EBC | LAO SEMIVOWEL SIGN LO (combined with ho sung (ຫ)) |
ຽ | 3773 | ຽ | 0EBD | LAO SEMIVOWEL SIGN NYO |
ເ | 3776 | ເ | 0EC0 | LAO VOWEL SIGN E |
ແ | 3777 | ແ | 0EC1 | LAO VOWEL SIGN EI |
ໂ | 3778 | ໂ | 0EC2 | LAO VOWEL SIGN O |
ໃ | 3779 | ໃ | 0EC3 | LAO VOWEL SIGN AY |
ໄ | 3780 | ໄ | 0EC4 | LAO VOWEL SIGN AI |
ໆ | 3782 | ໆ | 0EC6 | LAO KO LA |
ວ່ | 3784 | ວ່ | 0EC8 | LAO TONE MAI EK (combined with wo (ວ)) |
ວ້ | 3785 | ວ້ | 0EC9 | LAO TONE MAI THO (combined with wo (ວ)) |
ວ໊ | 3786 | ວ໊ | 0ECA | LAO TONE MAI TI (combined with wo (ວ)) |
ວ໋ | 3787 | ວ໋ | 0ECB | LAO TONE MAI CATAWA (combined with wo (ວ)) |
ວ໌ | 3788 | ວ໌ | 0ECC | LAO CANCELLATION MARK (combined with wo (ວ)) |
ວໍ | 3789 | ວໍ | 0ECD | LAO NIGGAHITA (combined with wo (ວ)) |
໐ | 3792 | ໐ | 0ED0 | LAO DIGIT ZERO |
໑ | 3793 | ໑ | 0ED1 | LAO DIGIT ONE |
໒ | 3794 | ໒ | 0ED2 | LAO DIGIT TWO |
໓ | 3795 | ໓ | 0ED3 | LAO DIGIT THREE |
໔ | 3796 | ໔ | 0ED4 | LAO DIGIT FOUR |
໕ | 3797 | ໕ | 0ED5 | LAO DIGIT FIVE |
໖ | 3798 | ໖ | 0ED6 | LAO DIGIT SIX |
໗ | 3799 | ໗ | 0ED7 | LAO DIGIT SEVEN |
໘ | 3800 | ໘ | 0ED8 | LAO DIGIT EIGHT |
໙ | 3801 | ໙ | 0ED9 | LAO DIGIT NINE |
ໜ | 3804 | ໜ | 0EDC | LAO HO NO |
ໝ | 3805 | ໝ | 0EDD | LAO HO MO |
ໞ | 3806 | ໞ | 0EDE | LAO LETTER KHMU GO |
ໟ | 3807 | ໟ | 0EDF | LAO LETTER KHMU NYO |
The following currency symbol is not in the Lao range:
Character (decimal) | Decimal | Character (hex) | Hex | Name |
---|---|---|---|---|
₭ | 8365 | ₭ | 20AD | KIP SIGN |
Copyright © 1999–2012 Alan Wood
The hexadecimal numbers and the character names in the above table are taken from the Unicode 6.1.0 Character Database, Copyright © 1991–2012 Unicode, Inc., as contained in UnicodeData.txt on the Unicode Web site (http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/) in January 2012.
Created 3rd February 1999 Last updated 26th August 2012