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===Phonetic=== Lao characters in initial position (several letters appearing in the same box have identical pronunciation). {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=2 rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2| [[Labial consonant|Labial]] ! rowspan=2| [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] ! rowspan=2| [[Alveolo-palatal consonant|Alveolo-<br>palatal]] ! rowspan=2| [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]] ! colspan=2| [[Velar consonant|Velar]] ! rowspan=2| [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]] |- ! plain ! [[Labialization|lab.]] |- ! colspan=2|[[Nasal stop|Nasal]] | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ມ | ipa = [m] }} | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ນ | ipa = [n] }} | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ຍ | ipa = [ɲ] }} | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ງ | ipa = [ŋ] }} | | |- ! rowspan=3|[[Plosive]] ! [[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]] | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ບ | ipa = [b] }} | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ດ | ipa = [d] }} | | | | | |- ! [[voiceless]] | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ປ | ipa = [p] }} | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ຕ | ipa = [t] }} | | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ກ | ipa = [k] }} | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ອ | ipa = [ʔ] }} |- ! [[Aspiration (phonetics)|aspirated]] | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch1 = ຜ | ch2 = ພ | ipa = [pʰ] }} | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch1 = ຖ | ch2 = ທ | ipa = [tʰ] }} | | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch1 = ຂ | ch2 = ຄ | ipa = [kʰ] }} | | |- ! colspan=2|[[Fricative]] | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch1 = ຝ | ch2 = ຟ | ipa = [f] }} | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch1 = ສ | ch2 = ຊ | ipa = [s] }} | | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch1 = ຂ | ch2 = ຄ | ipa = [x] | note = * }} | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch1 = ຫ | ch2 = ຮ | ipa = [h] }} |- ! colspan=2|[[Affricate]] | | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ຈ | ipa = [tɕ] }} | | | | |- ! colspan=2|[[Trill consonant|Trill]] | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ຣ | ipa = [r] }} | | | | | |- ! colspan=2|[[Approximant]] | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ວ | ipa = [ʋ] | note = ** }} | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ລ | ipa = [l] }} | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ຢ | ipa = [j] }} | | {{letter | s = Laoo | ch = ວ | ipa = [w] | note = ** }} | |} :<small><sup>*</sup> In Luang Prabang dialect.</small> :<small><sup>**</sup> Depends on the dialect.</small> Lao characters in final position. In the old documents, the letter ຽ could be found in place of ຍ. {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2| [[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]] ! rowspan=2| [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] ! rowspan=2| [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]] ! colspan=2| [[Velar consonant|Velar]] |- align=center ! plain ! [[Labialization|lab.]] |- align=center ![[Nasal stop|Nasal]] | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch = ມ| ipa = [m]}} | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch1 = ນ| ch2 = ຣ| ipa = [n]}} | | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch = ງ| ipa = [ŋ]}} | |- align=center ![[Plosive consonant|Plosive]] | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch = ບ| ipa = [p̚]}} | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch = ດ| ipa = [t̚]}} | | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch = ກ| ipa = [k̚]}} | |- align=center ![[Approximant consonant|Approximant]] | | | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch = ຍ| ipa = [j]}} | | {{letter| s = Laoo| ch = ວ| ipa = [w]}} |}
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