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The Mon are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and several areas in Thailand. The native language is
Mon girls wearing traditional dress in Mawlamyine
The Ban Tha Lat Mon inscription, dated 9th century CE, was discovered in 1968 in an area where other archaeological evidence confirmed the presence of the ancient Mon people. It is now located at the Haw Phra Kaew Museum in Vientiane, Laos
Queen regnant Camadevi Monument in Lamphun, Thailand
Myazedi Inscription (AD 1113) in Old Mon language in Bagan. One of the oldest surviving stone inscriptions in Myanmar.
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The Mon language, 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 Asi
Mon people
…The Mon (Mon: ဂကူမန်; Mon: ဂကူမည်; Burmese: မွန်လူမျိုး, pronounced ; Thai: มอญ, pronounced ) are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin…
Distribution of Monic languages in Thailand and Myanmar, where Mon is denoted in red.
Mon scripts on a sign in Wat Muang, Thailand.
Mon scripts on a sign in Wat Muang, Thailand.