- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet; 3rd Revised edition edition (Mar 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1740594924
- ISBN-13: 978-1740594929
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 9.6 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#134,723 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #28 in Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Southeast Asian
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National Geographic Traveler, September 2006
'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'
'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'
Book Description
Let language be your guide in the land of a million elephants! From the vital flow of the Mekong to the fertile Bolaven Plateau, words will be the life of your travels in Laos as you make those conversational connections. In the musical voice of this tonal language, you'll forever be singing the praises of Laos and its people. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience. <B>Who We Are</B> At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travelers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large. <B>What We Do</B> o We offer travelers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages. o We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are. oWe update our guidebooks by visiting thousands of places in person to get the details right and tell it as it is. o We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent. o We challenge our growing community of travelers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world. o We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travelers; not clouded by any other motive. <B>What We Believe</B> We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world. "Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit..." (<cite>National Geographic Traveler</cite>) "...Lonely Planet phrase books have long taken a hip, streetwise approach." (<cite>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</cite>)
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
transliteration makes lao even more complex than it is,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Lao Phrasebook 2nd Ed.: 2nd Edition (Paperback)
The Lonely Planet phrasebooks are usually a great help travelling around the world. This one however turned out to be creating more problems than solving them. The transliteration is so weird that you actually have to learn two new languages before pronouncing anything closely right. I tried the book with several english speaking lao persons and lao speaking native english speakers while travelling around the country and all had problems with the transliteration. Nothing is like you would naturally pronounce it. For example who would say Khoj if you see Khawy?Helpful is the lao bit so you can point, in the end its how I got around. A pity, there are much better transliterations around.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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It's a very through pocket book that can guide you in Laos,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This is an excellent book for those who wish to travel to Laos, or even those who wish to begin learning lao in small steps. I purchased this book in order to learn the language at a quicker and more simplified pace. It contains not only basic phrases that one might need to know in order to conduct ones self in the main parts of Laos but also be able to learn some of the country's culture as well. Even though studying an entirely new language can be laborious, Mr. Cummings has made it easy for anyone to be bilingual, even multi-lingual.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
transliteration makes lao even more complex than it is,
By M. Meerkerk - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Lao Phrasebook 2nd Ed.: 2nd Edition (Paperback)
The Lonely Planet phrasebooks are usually a great help travelling around the world. This one however turned out to be creating more problems than solving them. The transliteration is so weird that you actually have to learn two new languages before pronouncing anything closely right. I tried the book with several english speaking lao persons and lao speaking native english speakers while travelling around the country and all had problems with the transliteration. Nothing is like you would naturally pronounce it. For example who would say Khoj if you see Khawy?Helpful is the lao bit so you can point, in the end its how I got around. A pity, there are much better transliterations around. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful little book,
By Kelly @ Mango - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Lao Phrasebook 2nd Ed.: 2nd Edition (Paperback)
Besides my Lao Dictionary, this is *the* Lao book I carry around daily with me. I wish I could post a photo of my worn out dog-eared copy. I agree w/ the one reviewer who said the transliteration is a little wacky, however the Lao script is generally "spot on". (I'll mention transliteration with Lao is a less than exact science) It's one of the few if only books outside of the books attempting to teach Lao that handle things like Grammar.. very handy for the traveler. It also throws some Lao culture in for good measure to make sure you don't do something offensive to the local people. Great book, worth the money and besides... it's so small you can fit it in your pack/bag pretty easy.
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