Mon language

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The Mon language is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Southeast Asia.

Contents 1 Phonology 1.1 Consonants 1.2 Vowels 1.3 Intonation 2 External Links 2.1 References

Phonology

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

1. High tone, voicing of vowel ordinary to creaky
2. Low tone, breathy vowel

External Links

• Source: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/mon
• Phonologies of other languages can be found at The Phonology Phreak's Gateway
• Ethnologue report for Mon

Other information that should be added:

• Most closely related languages
• Location and number of speakers
• Historical overview of Mon
• Summarized overview of grammar

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Mon_language" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_language, used under the GNU Free Documentation License