Akha |
Arakanese |
Chin |
Danau |
Kachin |
Karen |
Karenni |
Kokang |
Kuki |
Mon |
Nagas |
Rohingya |
Shan |
Tavoyan |
Wa |
| Mon |
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| Indigenous Group |
Mon |
| Location |
Burma, particularly southern
Burma in Mon State, bordered by the Andaman Sea in the west, and Thailand in the
east. (A small percentage of Mons have emigrated to other parts of the world.) |
| Estimated Population |
The high estimate is 9 million in Burma (2003, CIA World Factbook). Low estimates go down to just over 1 million. |
| Environment |
Hills and Tropical Coasts |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Fishing |
| Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated |
| Language Family |
Mon
Other names: Talaing, Mun and Peguan
Classification: Austro-Asiatic language family
Dialects: Mataban-Moulmein, Pegu and Ye |
| Website URLs |
http://rehmonnya.org
http://www.unpo.org/...
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/...
http://cscmosaic.albany.edu/...
http://www.geocities.com/... |
| NGOs |
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Mon Community of Canada , Mon Unity League – Canada, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization. |
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