Mon leid

Mon
	ဘာသာ မန်
Pronunciation	[pʰesa mɑn]
Native tae	Burma (Myanmar), Thailand
Region	Irrawaddy delta an east
Native speakers	Burma: 742,900; Tot: 850,530
Leid faimily	Austro-Asiatic Monic Mon; ;
Writin seestem	Burmese alphabet; (itself derived frae the ; Auld Mon Indic-based script)
Offeecial status
Recognised minority; leid in	Burma (Myanmar), Thailand
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; mnw – Modren Mon; omx – Auld Mon
Linguist List	omx Auld Mon

The Mon leid (Mon: ဘာသာ မန်; Burmese: မွန်ဘာသာ) is an Austroasiatic leid spoken bi the Mon, who live in Burma an Thailand. Mon, like the relatit leid Cambodian—but unlike maist leids in Mainland Sootheast Asie—is no tonal. Mon is spoken bi less nor a million fowk today.^[1] In recent years, uisage o Mon haes declined rapidly, especially amang the yunger generation.^[1] Mony ethnic Mon are monolingual in Burmese. In Burma, the majority o speakers live in Mon State, follaed bi Tanintharyi Division an Kayin State.^[2]

The Mon script is derived frae Indian Brahmi script an is the source o the Burmese script.

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