Editing Lao script (section)

===Consonant chart===
The table below shows the Lao consonant, its name, its pronunciation according to the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA), as well as various romanization schemes, such as the French-based systems in use by both the US ''Board of Geographic Names'' and the British ''Permanent Committee on Geographical Names'' (BGN/PCGN), the English-based system in use by the US [[Library of Congress]] (LC), [[Royal Thai General System of Transcription]] (RTGS) used in Thailand, and finally its [[Unicode]] name. A slash indicates the pronunciation at the beginning juxtaposed with its pronunciation at the end of a syllable.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2|Letter!!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Name!!colspan=4|Initial position!!colspan=4|Final position
!rowspan=2|Unicode!!rowspan=2|Tone Class
|-
!IPA!!BGN/PCGN!!LC!!RTGS
!IPA!!BGN/PCGN!!LC!!RTGS
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ກ</span>
|align=left|<big>ໄກ່</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[kāj]}}, ''chicken''
|{{IPA|/k/}}||colspan=3|k
|{{IPA|/k/}}||colspan=3|k
|KO||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຂ</span>
|align=left|<big>ໄຂ່</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[kʰāj]}}, ''egg''
|{{IPA|/kʰ/}}, {{IPA|/x/}}||colspan=3|kh
|–||colspan=3|–
|KHO SUNG||style="background: #fcc"|High
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຄ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຄວາຍ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[kʰwáːj]}}, ''water buffalo''
|{{IPA|/kʰ/}}, {{IPA|/x/}}||colspan=3|kh
|–||colspan=3|–
|KHO TAM||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ງ</span>
|align=left|<big>ງົວ</big>'' or''<big> ງູ </big>||align=left|{{IPA|[ŋúa]}}, ''ox'' or {{IPA|[ŋúː]}}, ''snake''
|{{IPA|/ŋ/}} ||colspan=3|ng
|{{IPA|/ŋ/}} ||colspan=3|ng
|NGO||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຈ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຈອກ</big>'' or ''<big>ຈົວ </big>||align=left|{{IPA|[tɕɔ̏ːk]}}, ''glass'' or {{IPA|[tɕùa]}} ''Buddhist novice''
|{{IPA|/tɕ/}}||colspan=3|ch
|–||colspan=3|–
|CO||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ສ</span>
|align=left|<big>ເສືອ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[sɯ̌a]}}, ''tiger''
|{{IPA|/s/}}||colspan=3|s
|–||colspan=3|–
|SO SUNG||style="background: #fcc"|High
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຊ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຊ້າງ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[sâːŋ]}}, ''elephant''
|{{IPA|/s/}}||x||colspan=2|s
|–||colspan=3|–
|SO TAM||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຍ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຍຸງ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[ɲúŋ]}}, ''mosquito''
|{{IPA|/ɲ/}} ||gn||ny||y
|{{IPA|/j/}}||y||colspan=2|i
|NYO||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ດ</span>
|align=left|<big>ເດັກ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[dék]}}, ''child''
|{{IPA|/d/}}||colspan=3|d
|{{IPA|/t/}}||colspan=3|t
|DO||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຕ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຕາ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[tàː]}}, ''eye''
|{{IPA|/t/}}||colspan=3|t
|–||colspan=3|–
|TO||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຖ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຖົງ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[tʰǒŋ]}}, ''stocking'', ''bag''
|{{IPA|/tʰ/}}||colspan=3|th
|–||colspan=3|–
|THO SUNG||style="background: #fcc"|High
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ທ</span>
|align=left|<big>ທຸງ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[tʰúŋ]}}, ''flag''
|{{IPA|/tʰ/}}||colspan=3|th
|–||colspan=3|–
|THO TAM||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ນ</span>
|align=left|<big>ນົກ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[nòk]}}, ''bird''
|{{IPA|/n/}}||colspan=3|n
|{{IPA|/n/}}||ne||colspan=2|n
|NO||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ບ</span>
|align=left|<big>ແບ້</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[bɛ̑ː]}}, ''goat''
|{{IPA|/b/}}||colspan=3|b
|{{IPA|/p/}}||colspan=3|p
|BO||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ປ</span>
|align=left|<big>ປາ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[pàː]}}, ''fish''
|{{IPA|/p/}}||colspan=3|p
|–||colspan=3|–
|PO||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຜ</span>
|align=left|<big>ເຜິ້ງ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[pʰɤ̏ŋ]}}, ''bee''
|{{IPA|/pʰ/}}||colspan=3|ph
|– ||colspan=3|–
|PHO SUNG||style="background: #fcc"|High
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຝ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຝົນ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[fǒn]}}, ''rain''
|{{IPA|/f/}}||colspan=3|f
|–||colspan=3|–
|FO TAM{{efn|name=alphabetic-ຝຟ}}||style="background: #fcc"|High
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ພ</span>
|align=left|<big>ພູ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[pʰúː]}}, ''mountain''
|{{IPA|/pʰ/}}||colspan=3|ph
|–||colspan=3|–
|PHO TAM||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຟ</span>
|align=left|<big>ໄຟ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[fáj]}}, ''fire''
|{{IPA|/f/}}||colspan=3|f
|–||colspan=3|–
|FO SUNG{{efn|name=alphabetic-ຝຟ}}||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ມ</span>
|align=left|<big>ແມວ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[mɛ́ːw]}}, ''cat''
|{{IPA|/m/}}||colspan=3|m
|{{IPA|/m/}}||colspan=3|m
|MO||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຢ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຢາ</big> ||align=left|{{IPA|[jàː]}}, ''medicine''
|{{IPA|/j/}}||colspan=3|y
|–||colspan=3|–
|YO||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຣ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຣົຖ (ລົດ)</big>'' or ''<big>ຣະຄັງ (ລະຄັງ)</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[ròt]}} ({{IPA|[lōt]}}), ''car'' or {{IPA|[rā.kʰáŋ]}}, ''bell''
|{{IPA|/r/}}, {{IPA|/l/}}||colspan=3|r
|{{IPA|/n/}}||ne||colspan=2|n
|LO LING{{efn|name=alphabetic-ຣລ}}||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ລ</span>
|align=left|<big>ລີງ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[líːŋ]}}, ''monkey''
|{{IPA|/l/}}||colspan=3|l
|–||colspan=3|–
|LO LOOT{{efn|name=alphabetic-ຣລ}}||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ວ</span>
|align=left|<big>ວີ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[wíː]}}, ''fan''
|{{IPA|/w/}}||v||colspan=2|w
|{{IPA|/w/}}||colspan=3|o
|WO||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຫ</span>
|align=left|<big>ຫ່ານ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[hāːn]}}, ''goose''
|{{IPA|/h/}}||colspan=3|h
|–||colspan=3|–
|HO SUNG||style="background: #fcc"|High
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ອ</span>
|align=left|<big>ໂອ</big>'' or ''<big>ອື່ງ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[ʔòː]}}, ''bowl'' or {{IPA|[ʔɯ̄ːŋ]}} ''frog''
|{{IPA|/ʔ/}}||colspan=3|–
|–||colspan=3|–
|O||style="background: #cfc"|Middle
|- align=center
|<span style="font-size:190%;">ຮ</span>
|align=left|<big>ເຮືອນ</big>'' or ''<big>ເຮືອ</big>||align=left|{{IPA|[hɯ́an]}} ''house'', or {{IPA|[hɯ́a]}}, ''boat''
|{{IPA|/h/}}||colspan=3|h
|–||colspan=3|–
|HO TAM||style="background: #ccf"|Low
|}

; Notes
{{Notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=alphabetic-ຝຟ|1=The Unicode names for the characters ຝ (FO TAM) and ຟ (FO SUNG) are reversed. This error was introduced into the Unicode standard and cannot be fixed, as character names are immutable.}}
{{efn|name=alphabetic-ຣລ|1=The Unicode names for the characters ຣ (LO LING) and ລ (LO LOOT) are reversed. This error was introduced into the Unicode standard and cannot be fixed, as character names are immutable.}}

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