Isaan word for What?

The Isaan word for what is Yang.

👉 หยัง (yang)

• Example: นี่แม่นหยัง? → What is this?

In the Isaan (Lao-style) dialect, “What is it?” is:

👉 แม่นหยัง? (maen yang?)

Breakdown:

• แม่น (maen) = “is / correct / yes”
• หยัง (yang) = “what”

So it literally means: “It is what?”

Other natural variations you might hear:

• นี่แม่นหยัง? (nee maen yang?)
  👉 What is this?
• นั่นแม่นหยัง? (nan maen yang?)
  👉 What is that?