Mon
Language Information
Mon is spoken in southern Myanmar (Mon State) and in Thailand.
Mon is a Mon-Khmer (Austroasiatic) language with about 800,000 speakers. The Mon founded some of the earliest kingdoms of Southeast Asia and spread Theravada Buddhism in the region. The Burmese script was adapted from the Mon script.
Mon is a Mon-Khmer (Austroasiatic) language with about 800,000 speakers. The Mon founded some of the earliest kingdoms of Southeast Asia and spread Theravada Buddhism in the region. The Burmese script was adapted from the Mon script.
- Language Family
- Mon-Khmer
- Subgroup
- Monic
Mon Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Mon
မၞိဟ်ဂမၠိုၚ် အိုဿီုတအ်ဝွံ စနူသၠးတိတ် နူဂဝ်ဂၞဴ ဒှ်မၞိဟ်သၠးပွးအိုတ်တုဲ အခေါၚ်အရာ ကေုာံ သိက္ခာမၞိဟ်တအ် တုပ် သၟဟ်ရ။ မၞိဟ်တအ်ဂှ် နွံကဵုဓရ်စၚ်ခြၚ်ကေုာံ သမ္တီညာဏ် ဓဝ်ပါ်ပဲါ ခိုဟ်ပရေံနွံတုဲ ညးမွဲ ကေုာံ ညးမွဲ ထေက်ကဵု သ္ဒးဒ္ဂေတ်ဗက် ဆက်ဆောံညးသ္ကအ် နစိုတ်ဓာတ်ကောံဒေံအရေ။English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights