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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. [4] While the population consists of 4,000 Moken, only an estimated 1,500 native speakers remain as of 2009, causing the language to be ...
- 6,000 worldwide (2010)
The Moken residing on the Surin Islands retain their more traditional methods and lifestyle. The Burmese call the Moken Salone. In Thailand they are called chao le, which can mean people who "live by the sea and pursue a marine livelihood" or those who speak the Austronesian language.
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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. While the population consists of 4,000 Moken, only an estimated 1,500 native speakers remain as of 2009, causing the language to be threatened ...
The Moken People. The group of people referred to as “Moken” are actually three distinct tribes living along the Andaman Coast of Burma and Thailand – the Moken of the Mergui archipelago, the Moklen of Phang Nga province, and the Urak Lawoi living from Phuket southward to Satun. With Austronesian roots, their language, culture and ...
MOKEN. The Moken is a group of maritime hunter-gathers that traditionally roamed freely between the small islands, reefs and shoals in the Andaman Sea and ranged across an area that embraces the waters off Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Also known as Selung, Sea Gypsies, Chaolay and Sea Nomads, they are similar to sea nomads in the Sulu and ...
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 ...
Apr 4, 2023 · The Moken people are a nomadic sea-faring tribe who live in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Thailand and Myanmar. The traditional way of life of the Moken people revolves around the sea. They live on boats or stilt houses, and rely on fishing, hunting and gathering for their livelihoods. The sea is central to the culture and identity of the ...
