Type Lao (ພາສາລາວ) in Lao and get the instant romanized Latin script version — plus an English translation. No button, no wait.
Lao (Original)
ສະບາຍດີ, ເຈົ້າເປັນແນວໃດ?
Romanized (Latin script)
Sabaidee, jao pen naew dai?
ພາສາລາວ
The Lao script evolved from the Khmer script and is closely related to Thai. Laos is one of the few remaining communist states and is known for its Buddhist temples, French colonial architecture, and the Mekong River.
Backpackers and travelers to Laos, Lao diaspora in the USA and France, NGO workers, Mekong region researchers, and Southeast Asian travel bloggers.
Lao is spoken by 30M+ people, primarily in Southeast Asia. It uses the Lao writing system, which is written left to right.
Romanization (also called transliteration) converts Lao characters to their equivalent Latin (Roman) letter representations. This allows speakers of Latin-script languages to read and pronounce Lao text without knowing the Lao script.
This tool uses Google's neural romanization engine to convert Lao text to Latin script in real time. The romanization follows standard transliteration conventions and is updated automatically 800ms after you stop typing — no button click required.