A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

LAO

Sun, 3 Mar '24
Language spoken in Luang Prabang
Sat, 9 Dec '23
People with a language of the same name
Thu, 12 Oct '23
Language in which the first five numbers are nung, song, sam, si, ha
Sun, 24 Sep '23
Language in which "hello" is ???????
Mon, 26 Jun '23
Language related to Thai
Wed, 24 May '23
Dweller on the Mekong River
Tue, 23 May '23
Language spoken west of 15-Across
Wed, 19 Apr '23
Mekong Valley language
Tue, 21 Mar '23
Southeast Asian language
Fri, 10 Feb '23
Language spoken near the Thai region of Isan
Sun, 22 Jan '23
Language in which "puzzle" is "pid sa"
Mon, 9 Jan '23
Language spoken in Vientiane
Thu, 3 Mar '22
___ People's Democratic Republic
Sat, 12 Feb '22
People with a language of the same name
Fri, 11 Feb '22
Language spoken along the Mekong
Tue, 8 Feb '22
Vientiane local
Thu, 6 Jan '22
Language in which most words are monosyllabic
Thu, 18 Nov '21
___-tzu
Sun, 24 Oct '21
Language in the Tai family
Mon, 10 May '21
Language akin to Thai
Tue, 6 Apr '21
Language akin to Thai
Mon, 15 Mar '21
Philosopher ___-tzu
Sun, 14 Mar '21
Language not traditionally written with spaces between words
Tue, 9 Feb '21
Philosopher ___-tzu