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Mon language
The Mon language is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Southeast Asia.
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Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
| Stops | Voiceless Unaspirated | p | t | [ty] | k | ' |
| Voiceless Aspirate | [ph] | [th] | [tyh] | [kh] | ||
| Implosive | ['b] | ['d] | ||||
| Fricatives | s | (S)* | h | |||
| Nasals | m | n | ñ | N | ||
| Liquids | w | l, r | y | |||
- [S] is only found in Burmese loans.
Vowels
| i | u | |
| e | ^ | o |
| E | * | O |
| a |
Intonation
- High tone, voicing of vowel ordinary to creaky
- Low tone, breathy vowel
- Source: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/mon
- Phonologies of other languages can be found at The Phonology Phreak's Gateway (http://pgdt.home.attbi.com/Phonology/)
- Ethnologue report for Mon (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MNW)
Other information that should be added:
- Most closely related languages
- Location and number of speakers
- Historical overview of Mon
- Summarized overview of grammar
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