Category:Lao terms by usage

Lao terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Lao archaic terms: Lao terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Lao colloquialisms: Lao terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Lao dated terms: Lao terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Lao formal terms: Lao terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Lao higher register terms: Lao terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Lao informal terms: Lao terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Lao poetic terms: Lao terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Lao polite terms: Lao polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Lao terms with archaic senses: Lao terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Lao terms with historical senses: Lao terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Lao terms with obsolete senses: Lao terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Lao terms with rare senses: Lao rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Lao vulgarities: Lao terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.