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The Monic languages are a branch of the Austro-Asiatic
Austro-Asiatic languages

The Austro-Asiatic languages are a large language family of Southeast Asia, and also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. The name comes from the Latin word for "south" and the Greek language name of Asia, hence "South Asia." Among these languages, only Vietnamese language, Khmer language, and Mon language have a long established record...
 language family
Language family

A language family is a group of languages related Genetic from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family.As with Alpha taxonomy, the evidence of relationship is observable shared characteristics....
 descended from the Old Monic language of the kingdom of Dvaravati
Dvaravati

The Dvaravati kingdom existed from the 6th to the 11th centuries. The Kingdom was then absorbed by the growing Lavo and Suphanburi kingdoms. The people of the kingdom used the ancient Mon language, but whether they were ethnically Mon people is unknown....
 in what is now central Thailand. The Nyahkur people continue directly from that kingdom, whereas the Mon are descendants of those who migrated to Pegu after the 11th century Khmer conquest of Dvaravati.



Monic language studies. (1984).






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The Monic languages are a branch of the Austro-Asiatic
Austro-Asiatic languages

The Austro-Asiatic languages are a large language family of Southeast Asia, and also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. The name comes from the Latin word for "south" and the Greek language name of Asia, hence "South Asia." Among these languages, only Vietnamese language, Khmer language, and Mon language have a long established record...
 language family
Language family

A language family is a group of languages related Genetic from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family.As with Alpha taxonomy, the evidence of relationship is observable shared characteristics....
 descended from the Old Monic language of the kingdom of Dvaravati
Dvaravati

The Dvaravati kingdom existed from the 6th to the 11th centuries. The Kingdom was then absorbed by the growing Lavo and Suphanburi kingdoms. The people of the kingdom used the ancient Mon language, but whether they were ethnically Mon people is unknown....
 in what is now central Thailand. The Nyahkur people continue directly from that kingdom, whereas the Mon are descendants of those who migrated to Pegu after the 11th century Khmer conquest of Dvaravati.

  • Mon
    Mon language

    The Mon language is an Austroasiatic languages spoken by the Mon people, who live in Burma and Thailand. Mon, unlike most languages in the Southeast Asian region, is not tonal language....
  • Nyah Kur
    Nyah Kur language

    The Nyah Kur language is an Austro-Asiatic languages spoken by a remnant of the Mon people of Dvaravati, the Nyah Kur people, who live in present-day Thailand....


Further reading

*Monic language studies. (1984). Bangkok, Thailand: Chulalongkorn University Print. House.

See also

Mon-Khmer languages
Mon-Khmer languages

The Mon-Khmer languages are the Autochthonous language language family of Southeast Asia. Together with the Munda languages of India, they are one of the two traditional primary branches of the Austroasiatic languages family....


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