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Wrong definition of Lao in Webster's dictionary

Written byMong Palatino
Posted 20 May 2009 3:12 GMT

According to Webster's dictionary, Laos is the “thai language of the Lao people.” This is wrong. Blogger JRM writes that Lao is the “official language of the country of Laos”

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