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The Mon language (/ ˈ m oʊ n /, listen ⓘ; Mon: ဘာသာမန် [pʰesa mɑn]; Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည် [pʰiəsa moʊn]; Burmese: မွန်ဘာသာ; Thai: ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people.
- 800,000 – 1 million (2007)
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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 ...
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Notes
1. There are two registers of consonants: clear and breathy. The consonants with an inherent /a/ above are clear, and their vowels are pronounced with a clear, high pitch. The consonants with an inherent /ɛ̀/ are breathy, and their vowels are pronouned with a breathy, lower pitch. 2. The virama mutes the inherent vowel, and is used for consonants that appear the end of syllables
ဇၟာပ်မၞိဟ်ဂှ် ကတဵုဒှ်ကၠုင်လဝ် နကဵု ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာကီု နကဵု အခေါင်အရာကီု တုပ်သၟဟ် ရေင်သကအ် သီုညးဖအိုတ်ရ၊၊ ကောန်မၞိဟ်တအ်ဂှ် ဟိုတ်မၞုံကဵုအစောံသတ္တိ မပါ်ပါဲ ဟိုတ်ဖိုလ် ကေုာံ ခိုဟ်ပရေအ်တအ်တုဲ ညးမွဲကေုာံညးမွဲ သ္ဒးဆက်ဆောံ နကဵု စိုတ်ကောဒေအ်ရ၊၊ (ပိုဒ် ၁၊ လလောင်တရး အခေါင်အရာမၞိဟ် ဂၠးကဝ်)
Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fox, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha,...
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.
The Mon language ( / ˈmoʊn /, listen ⓘ; Mon: ဘာသာမန် [ pʰesa mɑn]; Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည် [ pʰiəsa moʊn ]; 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.
We provide here a brief overview of the state of research related to the Old Mon language and its speakers before turning to a description of the language, its word and clause formation, and sample texts. The Old Mon language is associated with the two modern nations of Thailand and Burma (Myanmar).
