Monic languages
| Monic | |
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| Geographic distribution |
Indochina |
| Linguistic classification |
Austroasiatic
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Early form
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| Glottolog | moni1258 |
The Monic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family descended from the Old Monic language of the kingdom of Dvaravati 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.
Sidwell (2009:114) proposes the following tree ("stammbaum") for Monic, synthesizing past classifications from Therapan L-Thongkum (1984) and Diffloth (1984).
"Monic". Archived from the original (lecture) on 2007-09-15.
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