Wrong Spelling?

Date: Apr 7, 2008

Wrong Spelling?

Date: Apr 7, 2008

you are wrong !

you may see ii as mai kong right ?

look at it again, it is not very nice hand writting that's all

Date: Apr 7, 2008

ກຶ່ວກະຈຳ Kiew Ka Cham is correct.

Date: Apr 7, 2008

ເອົາໃຫມ່ຂຽນຜຜິດ

ກິ່ວກະຈຳ

Date: Apr 7, 2008

ຊື່ບ້ານແມ່ນ:
ກິ່ວກະຈຳ ຫຼືວ່າ ກ່ຽວກະຈຳ ?
If it's "ກິ່ວກະຈຳ" the sign is correct...
If it's "ກ່ຽວກະຈຳ" the sign is wrong...

Zak · Senior Member

I'm a novice at reading and writing Lao.

Is there a real difference in "ກ່ຽວ" and "ກິ່ວ"??

Is "ກິ່ວ" an older spelling, before the reforms?

Date: Apr 8, 2008

Never heard of this village!
Where is it located in Laos?
How far is it from Vientiane ?

Date: Apr 8, 2008

if you ever listen to very popular lao song from the early 70-ties, you will hear Korviset sung "thaidam lamphan" and kiewkacham is in this very lovely song.
think it is a thaidam village north of VTE. s/o will point out how far from VTE or Vangvieng.

Lan_Xang · Guru

Zak wrote:

I'm a novice at reading and writing Lao.

Is there a real difference in "ກ່ຽວ" and "ກິ່ວ"??

Is "ກິ່ວ" an older spelling, before the reforms?

Zak,

It is totally different spelling and pronounciation. I think the romanization of the Lao spelling (on the marker) maybe be the cause of the confusion.

ກ່ຽວ = sound like the word EEL.
ກິ່ວ = sound like the word queue

And I never heard of the village either but I've have not been to many places in Laos either.

Date: Apr 8, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Never heard of this village!
Where is it located in Laos?
How far is it from Vientiane ?

You could see it 253 KM that from Vte but is near Louangprabang about 85 KM

Date: Apr 8, 2008

Kiew Ka Cham is located on a mountain range near Xieng Ngeun village in Luang Prabang. The name Kiew Ka Cham is well known when it is mentioned in an old Lao song during the 1970. Ask people in Luang Prabang about the name of this village