Mon

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ethnic group indigenous people

The Mon are one of the oldest ethnic groups in mainland Southeast Asia, historically influential in the spread of Theravada Buddhism and early state formation in what is now Myanmar and Thailand.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Mon canonical	17

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
architecturalHeritage	brick monuments in Dvaravati sites ⓘ early Buddhist stupas in central Thailand ⓘ
artStyle	Dvaravati ⓘ surface form: Dvaravati art
associatedModernCity	Bago ⓘ Lopburi ⓘ Nakhon Pathom ⓘ
capitalCityHistorical	Martaban ⓘ Pegu ⓘ Thaton ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluence	development of early scripts in mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ influence on Burmese culture ⓘ influence on Thai culture ⓘ spread of Theravada Buddhism to Burma and Thailand ⓘ
diaspora	Mon communities in Myanmar border regions ⓘ Mon communities in Thailand ⓘ
heritageStatus	one of the oldest documented ethnic groups in mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence	early second millennium CE ⓘ first millennium CE ⓘ
historicalRegion	Central Thailand ⓘ Ayeyarwady Region ⓘ surface form: Lower Burma
historicalReligion	Hinduism ⓘ Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
language	Mon language ⓘ
languageFamily	Austroasiatic ⓘ surface form: Austroasiatic languages
laterPoliticalStatus	incorporated into Burmese kingdoms ⓘ incorporated into Siamese kingdoms ⓘ
notableKingdom	Dvaravati ⓘ Hanthawaddy Kingdom ⓘ Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
politicalStatus	historically independent kingdoms ⓘ
populationStatus	minority in Myanmar ⓘ minority in Thailand ⓘ
primaryCountry	Myanmar ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
recognizedAs	ethnic minority in Thailand ⓘ official ethnic group in Myanmar ⓘ
region	Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia
religion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism animism ⓘ
roleInReligion	early promoters of Theravada Buddhism in mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
roleInStateFormation	pioneers of early state formation in mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
script	Mon script ⓘ
subfamily	Monic languages ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	riverine trade ⓘ wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligionPractice	veneration of spirits ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burma (until 1937) → ethnicGroups → Mon ⓘ

Myanmar → ethnicGroup → Mon ⓘ

Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Mon ⓘ

Austroasiatic → majorLanguage → Mon ⓘ

Tenasserim → ethnicDiversity → Mon ⓘ

Ayutthaya Kingdom → commonLanguages → Mon ⓘ

Yangon Region → hasEthnicGroup → Mon ⓘ

Mon people → selfDesignation → Mon ⓘ

Kawthaung → ethnicGroups → Mon ⓘ

Burmese diaspora → includesEthnicGroup → Mon ⓘ

Mon language → glottologName → Mon ⓘ

Lopburi → hasHeritage → Mon ⓘ

southern Myanmar → ethnicGroup → Mon ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Myanmar

Tanintharyi Region → ethnicGroup → Mon ⓘ

Province of Burma → hasEthnicGroup → Mon ⓘ

Thanbyuzayat → languageSpoken → Mon ⓘ

Myanmar Era → usedByEthnicGroups → Mon ⓘ