Isan

Isan is an area located in the North East of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau and is bordered by the Mekong River. Isan's border runs along most of the Eastern border of Laos and also the Northern border of Cambodia to the South. The main cities in this area are Khon Kaen and Udon Thani.

Visiting Isan

My wife is from Isan and I visit her home village in Na Thom for about a month every year. She lives with me in England and we plan to eventually settle together in Isan. This year we visited some interesting places and ate some amazing food along the way. I'm still learning the langauge and will be showing my progress with this on my blog which should be interesting and a little bit funny also. http://thailandisan.blogspot.com/p/thai-laos-langauge.html





Agriculture

Agriculture is the main economic activity, but due to the socio-economic conditions and hot, dry climate, output lags behind that of other parts of the country. Isan is Thailand's poorest region.

The language of the region is Isan, which is a dialect of the Lao language. As a dialect of Lao, but written in the Thai alphabet, Isan is among the Chiang Seng and Lao-Phutai languages, which are members of the Tai languages of the Kradai language family.