Editing Lao language (section)

=== Vietnamese loanwords ===
Because of the depopulation of the left bank to Siam prior to French colonization, the French who were already active in [[Vietnam]] brought Vietnamese to boost the population of the cities and help administer the region. Many Lao that received a French-language education during the period of French Indochina were educated in French-language schools in Vietnam, exposing them to French and Vietnamese languages and cultures. As the Vietnamese communists supported the ''Pathét Lao'' forces, supplying Lao communist militia with weaponry and training during the two-decade-long Laotian Civil War, large numbers of Vietnamese troops have been stationed at various times in Laos' post-independence history, although the Vietnamese military presence began to wane in the late 1980s as Laos pursued closer relations with its other neighbors and entered the market economy. Since market reforms in Vietnam, market liberalization has been the main focus between the two countries now.

{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Vietnamese loanwords into Lao and differences with Thai and Isan
! Isan
! Thai
! Lao
! Vietnamese
! Lao alternate
! Gloss
|-
| {{lang|tts|ก๋วยเตี๋ยว}}<br>{{transliteration|tts|kuaitiao}}<br>{{IPA|[kǔaj.tǐaw]}}
| {{lang|th|ก๋วยเตี๋ยว}}<br>{{transliteration|th|kuaitiao}}<br>{{IPA|[kǔaj.tǐaw]}}
| {{lang|lo|ເຝີ}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|foe}}<br>{{IPA|[fɤ̌ː]}}
| {{lang|vi|phở}}<br>{{IPA|/fə̌ː/}}
| {{lang|lo|ກ໋ວຍຕ໋ຽວ}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|kuaitiao}}<br>{{IPA|[kǔaj.tǐaw]}}
| 'rice noodles with soup'
|-
| {{lang|tts|เยื้อน}}<br>{{transliteration|tts|yuean}}<br>{{IPA|[ɲɯ̏an]}}
| {{lang|th|งดเว้น}}<br>{{transliteration|th|ngotwen}}<br>{{IPA|[ŋót.wén]}}
| {{lang|lo|ກຽງ}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|kiang}}<br>{{IPA|[kìaŋ] }}
| {{lang|vi|kiêng}}<br>{{IPA|/kiə̯ŋ/}}
| {{lang|lo|ເຍຶ້ອນ}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|nyuean}}<br>{{IPA|[ɲɯ̂an]}}
| 'to abstain',<br>'to refrain'
|-
| {{lang|tts|ฉาก}}<br>{{transliteration|tts|chak}}<br>{{IPA|[sàːk]}}
| {{lang|th|ฉาก}}<br>{{transliteration|th|chak}}<br>{{IPA|[tɕʰàːk]}}
| {{lang|lo|ອີແກ້}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|i kae}}<br>{{IPA|[ʔìː kɛ̂ː]}}
| {{lang|vi|ê-ke}}{{efn|Itself a loan word from French {{lang|fr|équerre}}}}<br>{{IPA|/ekɛ/}}
| {{lang|lo|ສາກ}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|sak}}<br>{{IPA|[sȁːk]}}
| 'carpenter's square',<br>'T-square'
|-
| {{lang|tts|เฮ็ดงาน}}<br>{{transliteration|tts|het ngan}}<br>{{IPA|[hèt ŋâːn]}}
| {{lang|th|ทำงาน}}<br>{{transliteration|th|tham ngan}}<br>{{IPA|[tʰām ŋāːn]}}
| {{lang|lo|ເຮັດວຽກ}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|het wiak}}<br>{{IPA|[hēt wîak]}}
| {{lang|vi|việc}}<br>{{IPA|/viə̯&#803;k/}}
| {{lang|lo|ເຮັດງານ}}<br>{{transliteration|lo|het ngan}}<br>{{IPA|[hēt ŋáːn]}}
| 'to work',<br>'to labour'
|}