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Laos
units of mass

Units for precious metals, pharmaceuticals, and so on

Units in ordinary commerce

The following table relates all the Laotian units of mass of which we are aware. Not all these units were necessarily in use at the same time, or in every location in Laos.

															tu
														lan	10
												sèn or leine		10	100
											hap [or picul]		2	20	200
											mun	5	10	100	1000
				sang or phan [or Chinese cattie]							10	50	100	1000	10,000
									nan	2	20	100	200	2000	20,000
								hang	1.6	3.2	32	160	320	3200	32,000
							hoi	2.5	4	8	80	400	800	8000	80,000
					tamlung		2.5	6.25	10	20	200	1000	2000	20,000	200,000
					bat*	4	10	25	40	80	800	4000	8000	80,000	800,000
	salung or bak				4	16	40	100	160	320	3200	16,000	32,000	320,000	3,200,000
			fuang	2	8	32	80	1250	2000	4000	40,000	200,000	400,000	4,000,000	40,000,000
		kâ	2	4	16	64	160	400	640	1280	12,800	64,000	128,000	1,280,000	12,800,000
	houn	2.5	5	10	40	160	400	1000	1600	3200	32,000	160,000	320,000	3,200,000	32,000,000
li	10	25	50	100	400	1600	4000	10,000	16,000	32,000	320,000	1,600,000	3,200,000	32,000,000	320,000,000
37.5 mg	375 mg	938 mg	1.875 g	3.75 g	15 g	60 g	150 g	375 g	600 g	1.200 kg	12.00 kg	60.00 kg	120.00 kg	1200.00 kg	12,000 kg

*bat = mass of a tical.

Miscellaneous

Tep = weight of a rupee = 3 salung = 11.25 grams.
Fine = 1.20 g.
Chî or mû = 0.1 tael = 3.75 g.

Guy Cheminaud.
Nouveau Dictionnaire Français-Laotien…
Tulle (France): Imprimerie J. Crauffon, 1906.
Pages 177-178.

Sophie Clément-Charpentier.
Les mesures chez les Lao.
in Poids et mesures en Asie du Sud-Est,…. Vol. 2
Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient, Institut de Rcherche sur le Sud-Est Asiatique, 2008.
Pages 515-532.

United Nations, 1955. The same data is reprinted in United Nations, 1966.

			pong
leuong hong [= tael]			10
	thé	10	100
fin	10	100	1000
375 mg	3.75 g	37.5 g	375 g

Laos units of mass

Units for precious metals, pharmaceuticals, and so on

Units in ordinary commerce

Miscellaneous

Laos
units of mass