Modern Mon

E786079

Modern Mon is the contemporary form of the Mon language spoken primarily by the Mon people in Myanmar and Thailand.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Modern Mon canonical 2
Western Monic 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mon language variety ⓘ
language ⓘ
ancestor Old Mon ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Nyahkur language ⓘ
linked to: Nyah Kur language

Old Mon ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasDialect Lower Mon ⓘ
Thai Mon ⓘ
Upper Mon ⓘ
hasGlottocode monn1252 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code mnw ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 45-FEA-a ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Burmese language ⓘ
linked to: Burmese

Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
influencedBy Burmese language ⓘ
linked to: Burmese

Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
languageBranch Monic ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic ⓘ
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
register or voice quality contrasts ⓘ
region Bangkok Metropolitan Region ⓘ
Lower Myanmar ⓘ
Mon State ⓘ
Tanintharyi Region ⓘ
Western Thailand ⓘ
revitalizationEffort Mon-language media and publications ⓘ
community-based language schools ⓘ
scriptDerivedFrom Burmese script ⓘ
scriptUltimatelyDerivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
spokenBy Mon people ⓘ
spokenIn Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
subclassOf Austroasiatic language ⓘ
Mon language ⓘ
Monic language ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Burmese ⓘ
language shift to Thai ⓘ
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
predominantly analytic morphology ⓘ
usedFor cultural ceremonies ⓘ
daily communication among Mon people ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usesNumeralSystem Mon numerals ⓘ
writingSystem Mon script ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Middle Mon → precedes → Modern Mon ⓘ
Middle Mon → descendant → Modern Mon ⓘ
Monic languages → haveSubgroup → Western Monic ⓘ
linked to: Modern Mon