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Lao Loum
Images of Lao Loum (centre) with the Lao Soung and the Lao Theung
Total population
12 million (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Laos, Thailand
Languages
Lao, Thai, other Tai languages
Religion
Theravada Buddhism and Satsana Phi

The Lao Loum (Lao: ລາວລຸ່ມ; Thai: ลาวลุ่ม, RTGS: Lao Lum, pronounced [lāːw lûm]) is an official Lao People's Democratic Republic designation for lowland dwelling Tai peoples, including the majority Lao people. The Lao Loum, literally meaning 'lowland Lao', are the inhabitants of the river valleys and lowlands along the Mekong River and make up over 68% of the population of Laos, of whom half are of the Lao ethnic group. Other members categorised as Lao Loum are the other large Tai groups, such as the Phuan and Phu Thai and other closely related members of Tai ethnic groups.


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Lao Loum

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contains Lao text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Lao script. The Lao Loum (Lao: ລາວລຸ່ມ;...

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Lao people

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mutually intelligible languages who are grouped together as Lao Loum or 'Lowland Lao' (Lao: ລາວລຸ່ມ láːu lūm , Thai: ลาวลุ่ม, IPA: laːw lum). Most of these...

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Culture of Laos

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languages. The Lao Loum have throughout the country's history comprised the ethnic and linguistic majority. In Southeast Asia, traditional Lao culture is...

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Laotian society

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founding of the Kingdom of Lan Xang in the fourteenth century. The Lao of the Lao Loum ethnic group comprise just over 50 percent of the total population...

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Laos

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together with the Lao people make up the Lao Loum (lowland people). In the central and southern mountains, Mon-Khmer-speaking groups, known as Lao Theung or mid-slope...

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Religion in Laos

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practiced by 66% of the population. Almost all ethnic or "lowland" Lao (Lao Loum and Lao Lom) are followers of Theravada Buddhism; however, they constitute...

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Lao Theung

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groups living in Laos (the others being the Lao Loum and the Lao Soung). It literally indicates the "midland Lao", and comprises a variety of different ethnic...

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Lao Sung

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Yao and Tibeto-Burman origins in Laos (the others being the Lao Loum and the Lao Theung). Lao Soung make up 9% of the Laotian population in Laos. They mostly...

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Loum

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Loum or LOUM may refer to: Lao Loum, an ethnic group of Laos A surname in West Africa among the Serer people LOUM (Laboratorio de Optica Murcia), a major...

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Tai folk religion

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beliefs. The Tai Ahom called it Phi Dam the Khmu call spirits hrooy the Lao Loum call it phi The house spirit is particularly important, and spirits of...

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Education in Laos

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0% for secondary education. Of the many ethnic groups in Laos, only the Lao Loum had a tradition of formal education, reflecting the fact that the languages...

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Demographics of Laos

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Lao (Lao Loum) account for 68%, upland Lao (Lao Theung) for 22%, and the highland Lao (Lao Soung, including the Hmong and the Yao) for 9%. Ethnic Lao...

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Attapeu

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southernmost of provincial capitals in Laos. Most of the inhabitants are Lao Loum. The temple of Wat Luang Muang Mai in the town centre was built in 1939...

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French protectorate of Laos

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slavery, and ending the legal discrimination of the Lao Theung and Lao Soung people by the Lao Loum majority. Vietnamese and Chinese merchants also later...

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Literature of Laos

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forty-seven recognized ethnic groups, with the Lao Loum comprising the majority group. Lao (part of the Lao-Tai family) is officially recognized as the national...

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History of Laos

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over Lao territories on the east bank of the Mekong, and secondly to suppress the slavery of upland Lao Theung and population transfers of Lao Loum by the...

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Geography of Laos

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cultivate: either the wet-field paddy system practiced among the Lao Loum or lowland in Lao, or the swidden cultivation system practiced in the hills. The...

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Lao Lom

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should not be confused with the Lao Loum (lowland Lao), who make up approximately 69% of the population of Laos. The Lao Lom have a population of approximately...

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Lan Xang

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broad cultural categories of Lao Theung (which included most indigenous groups and the Mon-Khmer) and Lao Sung. The Lao Loum were ethnically dominant and...

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Muang Ngoi Neua

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North-East of Luang Prabang. The current population is about 700, and of Lao Loum ethnicity. The town is an old Tai Mueang and was heavily bombed during...

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Ban Thapene

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village to the south and Long Lao Kau and Long Lao May villages to the east. Ban Thapene is home to groups such as Lao Loum, Kha Hok, Yao and Hmong. In...

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Laotian Canadians

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majority Lao Loum (constituting 69% of the country) that is simply Lao. The “S” in Laos is actually silent, it was added as the plural of Lao during the...

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Khokmanh

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families of the Lao or Lao Loum ethnic group. Around 1961, an additional 20 households from nearby came to live there. In 1995, under the Lao policy in merging...

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List of monarchs of Laos

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held as the mythical father of the Tai peoples and the progenitor of the Lao Loum. Lan Xang endured as a politically unified entity for three hundred years...

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Vietic peoples

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leader in Bolikhamsai: "We are Lao Loum; before we were Kha, but we decided to adopt Lao language and became Lao Loum, and now we have forgotten our Kha...

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Women in Laos

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often depend on ethnic affiliation. In some cases, as in the status of Lao Loum women, the youngest daughter is often assigned the task of caring for elderly...

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