This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Lao. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Naŋsu latɛŋ law/ຫນັງສືລາແຕັງລາວ
The Lao Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

#	Latin letter	Lao letter	IPA
1	A a	ະ,ັ	[a]
2	Ā ā	າ	[aː]
3	B b	ບ	[b]
4	C c	ຈ	[t͡ɕ]
5	D d	ດ	[d]
6	E e	ເະ,ເັ	[e]
7	Ē ē	ເ	[eː]
8	Ɛ ɛ	ແະ,ແັ	[ɛ]
9	Ɛ¯ ɛ¯	ແ	[ɛː]
10	Ë ë	ເິະ,ເິ	[ɤ]
11	˯ ë¯	ເິ	[ɤː]
12	F f	ຝ,ຟ	[f]
13	H h	ຫ,ຮ	[h]
14	I i	ິ	[i]
15	Ī ī	ີ	[iː]
16	Ï ï	ຶ	[ɯ]
17	ϯ ï¯	ື	[ɯː]
18	K k	ກ	[k]
19	Kh kh	ຂ,ຄ	[kʰ](x)
20	L l	ລ,ຫຼ	[l]
21	M m	ມ,ໝ	[m]
22	N n	ນ,ໜ	[n]
23	Ŋ ŋ	ງ,ຫງ	[ŋ]
24	Ñ ñ	ຍ,ຫຍ	[ɲ]
25	O o	ໂະ,ົ	[o]
26	Ō ō	ໂ	[oː]
27	Ɔ ɔ	ໍ	[ɔ]
28	Ɔ¯ ɔ¯	ໍ,ອ	[ɔː]
29	P p	ປ	[p]
30	Ph ph	ຜ,ພ	[pʰ]
31	R r	ຣ,ຫຼ,ຫຣ	[r]
32	S s	ສ,ຊ	[s]
33	T t	ຕ	[t]
34	Th th	ຖ,ທ	[tʰ]
35	U u	ຸ	[u]
36	Ū ū	ູ	[uː]
37	W w	ວ,ຫວ	[w]
38	X x	ອ	[ʔ]
39	Y y	ຢ	[j]
There would not be letters g, j, q(u), v, z, which would be replaced by k, c, k(w), w, s, respectively.

Tones

mid	a
low	à
high falling	`à
low falling	â
high	á
rising	ǎ

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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