Editing Mor lam (section)

==Appellation==
In Laos, morlam / mor lam/ molam /mo lam refers to the traditional folk music genre and also the singer, and when referencing the subgenre, the word ລຳ, ''lam'' {{IPA|/lám/}} is used followed by the specific genre/beat/region name, ex: lam salavan. In northern Laos, the regional folk music styles are referred to as ຂັບ, ''khap'' {{IPA|/kʰáp/}}, and signifies 'to sing' or a 'song'.  The Lao-speaking people across the river in Isan call the music หมอลำ, ''mo lam'', {{IPA|/mɔ̌ː lám/}}, Laos, the equivalent term ໝໍລຳ, ''molam'' {{IPA|/mɔ̌ː lám/}}Lao ໝໍ and Isan หมอ, both ''mo'' {{IPA|/mɔ̌ː/}}, (as well as Thai หมอ, ''mo'' {{IPA|/mɔ̌ː/}}) refers specifically to an 'expert', 'shaman', or 'doctor'.  The northern Lao terms ขับ, ''khap'' {{IPA|/kʰáp/}} and ''mokhap'' {{IPA|/mɔ̌ː kʰáp/}}, are not used in Isan, but are likely still used in some Lao-speaking parts of [[Loei Province|Loei]], [[Uttaradit Province|Uttaradit]], and [[Phitsanulok Province|Phitsanulok]] that were settled by people originally from northern Laos, however, ''khap'' is understood as a rarer word for 'to sing' or 'song' and in reference to specifically northern styles of ''lam''.  Northern Lao areas refer to the ''khène''/''khaen'' player as the ''mokhène''/''mokhaen'' just as in the rest of Laos and Isan.

In [[Thai language#Varieties and related languages|standard Thai]], the music and the singer, as adopted from Isan usage, is also known as หมอลำ, ''molam'', but because of the tone differences is generally pronounced {{IPA|/mɔ̌ː làm/}}.  It is also common to "correct" or "translate" the Isan term into standard Thai as หมอรำ, ''mo ram'' {{IPA|/mɔ̌ː ram/}}, as Thai รำ, ''ram'' {{IPA|/ram/}}, is cognate to Lao ລຳ and Isan ลำ and shares the same meaning. Although Thai ขับ ''khap'' {{IPA|/kʰàp/}}