For all intents and purposes, we can say that everyone shares the same bloodline, but I know what you mean. Lao and Thai people are related much closer to each other than Lao and Khmer or Thai and Burmese. Many centuries ago, there were two main kingdoms in the SE Asian area. They were the Khmers and the Burmese. Somewhere along the line, the Thai/Lao group came down from China as many different tribes. There's not a lot of evidence available, but from what is gathered, Lao people settled along the Mekong while Thai people came further south along the Chao Praya river. You probably noticed similarities along the languages and this is due to the fact that they're both derived from the same original language. If you go back even further, you can even notice the similarities between the Lao/Thai languages and Mandarin with Lao being closer to Mandarin than Thai. The similarities can be seen in the syntax and grammar construction. For example, "Gin kao lerl yung?" and "Ni hui bu hui shuo zhongua?" both contain questions that ask for an affirmative or a negation. Another example is "Pai nai ma?" and "Ni hui shuo Zhongua ma?" Both languages use ma at the end to specify questions and additionally, Lao uses "bau" as their negation word and Mandarin uses "Bu."Yes, I understand about how people who speak Spanish are everywhere, from Latin America, South America, Spain, etc, and that the thing that seperates them besides their culture is how they look. For example, some groups tend to be darker/lighter than others, or by the way their face is shaped. Just like how the different Asian groups look different.
My point that I was trying to figure out is do Laos/Thai people come from the same bloodline? Because people always ask, "Are you Laos 'or' Thai?" We know if a Korean person grew up in China speaking Chinese, he's still a Korean by blood, and you can see the difference. So if a Laotian grew up in Thailand or vice versa, would he be considered Laos or Thai, since I thought they shared the same blood but just live in different countries seperated by water. If there is a difference, I would greatly appreciate the explanation. Being an Asian American, it's hard to communicate with your parents enough to ask about it when you don't know much Laos.
So I was wondering why a person in Laos would even need to be considered as a Thai star? Unless of course, I'm interpreting the title of this thread wrong, and the poster was just talking about how some people just 'look' similar to famous Thai stars.
monkey muchacho, u presented lots of great points and historical insights there. but i just wanted to correct some of ur minor points on the similarities of the Lao & Mandarin Chinese though. The grammar is quite similar, but your examples don't seem to fit. So let's present a more accurate example along what u've already got.
