Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon in Burma and Thailand
Mon
ဘာသာမန်
Pronunciation
[pʰesamɑn]
Native to
Myanmar
Mon State
Kayin State
Tanintharyi Region
Region
Lower Myanmar
Ethnicity
Mon
Native speakers
800,000 – 1 million (2007)[1]
Language family
Austroasiatic
Monic
Mon
Writing system
Mon–Burmese (Mon alphabet)
Official status
Recognised minority language in
Myanmar Thailand
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: mnw – Modern Mon omx – Old Mon
Linguist List
omx Old Mon
Glottolog
monn1252 Modern Mon oldm1242 Old Mon
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Explanation on the Mon alphabetExplanation of the Mon-Thai or Thai-Raman alphabet
The Mon language (/ˈmoʊn/,[2]listenⓘ; Mon: ဘာသာမန်[pʰesamɑn]; Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည် [pʰiəsamoʊn]; Burmese: မွန်ဘာသာ; Thai: ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people. Mon, like the related Khmer language, but unlike most languages in mainland Southeast Asia, is not tonal. The Mon language is a recognised indigenous language in Myanmar as well as a recognised indigenous language of Thailand.[3]
Mon was classified as a "vulnerable" language in UNESCO's 2010 Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.[4] The Mon language has faced assimilative pressures in both Myanmar and Thailand, where many individuals of Mon descent are now monolingual in Burmese or Thai respectively. In 2007, Mon speakers were estimated to number between 800,000 and 1 million.[5] In Myanmar, the majority of Mon speakers live in Southern Myanmar, especially Mon State, followed by Tanintharyi Region and Kayin State.[6]
^Modern Mon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Old Mon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^"Mon". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^"International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination" (PDF). 28 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^"UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
^McCormick, Patrick; Jenny, Mathias (2013-05-13). "Contact and convergence: The Mon language in Burma and Thailand". Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale. 42 (2): 77–117. doi:10.1163/19606028-00422P01. ISSN 1960-6028.
^"The Mon Language". Monland Restoration Council. Archived from the original on 2006-06-22.
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