Language closely related to Thai (3)

I believe the answer is:

lao

'language closely related to thai' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for lao that I've seen before include "Asian" , "Indo-Chinese language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and the Wall Street Journal.

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