In actuality, however, in many cases the use of a given script denotes less the content of a given text than its social use. Works in Tham are typically stored and performed inside the temple, whereas writings recorded in Lao are kept and performed in private homes.
2007, Peter Koret, “Past, Present and Future in Buddhist Prophetic Literature of the Lao”, in Ian Harris, editor, Buddhism, Power and Political Order, Routledge, archived from the original on 17 May 2018, page 148