Mon language
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Mon language is an Austroasiatic language historically spoken in parts of Myanmar and Thailand, notable for its ancient literary tradition and influence on regional scripts and cultures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mon language canonical | 24 |
| Old Mon language | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| earliestInscriptionsDateTo | 6th century ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mon people ⓘ |
| glottologCode | monn1252 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Mon ⓘ |
| hasAncientCorpus |
inscriptions
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ |
| hasAncientLiteraryTradition | true ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Lower Burmese Mon
ⓘ
Martaban ⓘ
surface form:
Martaban Mon
Thai Mon ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
final consonant stops ⓘ register or voice quality distinctions ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Dvaravati
ⓘ
Hariphunchai ⓘ southern Myanmar ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Burma
|
| historicalScript | Old Mon script ⓘ |
| influenced |
Burmese language
ⓘ
Khmer ⓘ
surface form:
Khmer language
Thai language ⓘ |
| iso639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| iso639-2Code | mnw ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | mnw ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Austroasiatic
ⓘ
surface form:
Austroasiatic language family
|
| morphologicalType | analytic language ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Bago Region
ⓘ
Bangkok Metropolitan Region ⓘ
surface form:
Bangkok region
Central Thailand ⓘ Mon State ⓘ Tanintharyi Region ⓘ |
| region |
Myanmar
ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ |
| scriptInfluenceOn |
Burmese script
ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ Tai Tham script ⓘ
surface form:
Lanna script
Thai script ⓘ |
| statusInMyanmar | recognized ethnic minority language ⓘ |
| statusInThailand | minority language ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Monic languages ⓘ |
| usedInAdministration | historical Mon kingdoms ⓘ |
| usedInReligion |
Theravada
ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Mon script
ⓘ
Myanmar script ⓘ Thai script ⓘ |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southern Myanmar
this entity surface form:
Old Mon language