Austroasiatic family

Mon

c. 1200 CE – today Living

Mon (c. 1200 CE – today) is a living Austroasiatic language. Lineage: Proto-Austroasiatic → Old Mon → Mon.

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Speakers
800K (800,000)
ISO 639-3
mnw
Glottocode
monn1252

Monic language of lower Myanmar and Thailand; covers Middle Mon (12th–16th c.) and Modern Mon.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austroasiaticc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  2. Old Monc. 550 CE – 1200 CE
  3. Monc. 1200 CE – today

Sources