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      • The Monic / ˈmoʊnɪk / languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family descended from the Old Monic language of the kingdom of Dvaravati in what is now central Thailand.
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    The Mon language (/ ˈ m oʊ n /, listen ⓘ; Mon: ဘာသာမန် [pʰesa mɑn]; Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည် [pʰiəsa moʊn]; Burmese: မွန်ဘာသာစကား listen ⓘ; Thai: ภาษามอญ listen ⓘ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people.

  3. Article History. Also called: Talaing, or Peguan. Related Topics: Mon-Khmer languages. Old Mon language. Mon language, Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon people of southeastern Myanmar (Lower Burma) and several Mon communities in Thailand.

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  4. The Old Mon language might have been written in at least two scripts. The Old Mon script of Dvaravati (present-day central Thailand), derived from Grantha (Pallava) , has conjecturally been dated to the 6th to 8th centuries AD.

  5. The Mon language belongs to the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Its closest relative is Nyah Kur, a language spoken by a few thousand people in central and northeastern Thailand. The Nyah Kur are believed to be remnants of the old Mon nation of Dvaravati, which flourished in central Thailand between the 4th and 10th ...

  6. Contents. Old Mon language. Learn about this topic in these articles: division of Mon. In Mon language. Numerous Old Mon inscriptions date from the later Mon kingdoms of Thaton and Pegu. The Old Mon inscriptions found at Pagan, central Myanmar, attest to the prestige of the Mon language in medieval Myanmar society.

  7. Mon (ဘာသာ မန်) Mon is a member of the Monic branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken in parts of Myanmar/Burma and Thailand. In 2004 there were 850,000 speakers, mainly in Mon State, and also in the Tanintharyi Region and Kayin State in southern Myanmar. The language was widely spoken in southern Burma until the middle ...

  8. The Mon language is one of oldest language in Mainland Southeast Asia, and is part of an Austroasiatic language families. [2] . The language is non tonal unlike most of Southeast Asia language [3] : 2. Writing. The Mon script was originally adapted from the Pallava script. [3] .

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