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Moken is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by inhabitants in southern Myanmar and Southern Thailand, who refer to themselves as Moken (people) and Mawken. [2] Classification. The language is closely related to the Moklen language, and can be mistaken to be similar to Urak Lawoi' but is in actuality distantly related. [2] .
Malayo-Polynesian consists of a large number of small local language clusters, with the one exception being Oceanic, the only large group which is universally accepted; its parent language Proto-Oceanic has been reconstructed in all aspects of its structure (phonology, lexicon, morphology and syntax). All other large groups within Malayo ...
It is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Moken people living primarily in the Mergui Archipelago off the coast of Burma and on Mu Koh Surin – a group of islands far out in the Andaman Sea on the border between Burma and Thailand. The people refer to themselves as Mawken or Moken, and they are called Selung or Salon by the Burmese.
An oral language, Moken is a Malayo-Polynesian language formed after the migration of the Austronesians from Taiwan 5,000–6,000 years ago, resulting in the development of this Austronesian language.
Jan 16, 2009 · The Moken language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. 8, 9 Although anatomically modern humans first reached and settled island Southeast Asia (ISEA)...
- Kelsey Needham Dancause, Chim W Chan, Narumon Hinshiranan Arunotai, J Koji Lum
- 2009
Moklenic (Moken plus Moklen) is now thought to constitute a top-level division within the Malayo-Polynesian subfamily of Austronesian. Its ancestral language must therefore have been established in the region by 3500 years ago, at least 1000 years before the arrival there of the Malayo-Chamic languages.
Moken is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by Sea Gypsies living in the western coastal waters of Burma and Thailand. The people refer to themselves as Moken or Mawken. They are called Selung or Salon by the Malays and Burmese. For further discussion of names see Lewis (1960:1) and Hogan (1972:206-207).
