Talk:Mon people

Capital
Thaton was the capital of the Mon. Bagan (or Pagan) was the Burmese capital.

Newly added text
I removed the following two section just added today and put them here for discussion. The text is written in very poor English and I can't even make out what is meant in some places. Also, the text is completely unsourced. However, it looks like it might contain some valuable information. Maybe somebody can decipher this and find some sources and re-add it after it's cleaned up.--William Thweatt Talk | Contribs 18:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * ==Mon education==
 * The new Mon generation are retreiving advanced educational level elsewhere, no matter fewer persistance. The youngsters are to be educated in both Mon and Burmese schools in the Mon state, Burma. As there are some restrictions to receive higher national level of Mon schools in contention with others, the generation have to redirect their education into Burmese High Schools and universities. That's is the situation why the University of Mawlamyine becomes populated with Mon new generation. Regardless of this affiliation, many Mon children suffer from luck of education in rural areas and Mon refugees camps near Thai-Burma border.


 * ==Mon survival==
 * Since the last fallen kingdom of Mon people in the 18th century, about 250 years ago, Mon have been suffering from lots of difficulties for survival. Due to genocide by Burmans, Mon were striving to keep their identity alive and finding their way out. In the reasons of keeping their identity, preserving old stylish culture and language, Mon have adoped a special day of identity, The Mon National Day which they have been celebrating annually since 1947 until today. However, the new Mon generation survives by fleeing abroad, leading to Mon refugees camps, which also surprises from increasing diseases such as AIDS, malaria, and influenza.
 * The most critical reason which opens the lights to Mon people is that the finding of Mon Buddhist Priest, Luongphaw Ajar Tala Uttama of Wat Wiwekara, Sangklaburi, Thailand. He founded and developed the Sangkhlaburi district in Thailand which he gave shelter to Mon refugees who fled from Burma.
 * The Mon National Day 
 * Mon refugees 
 * Mon life abroad

"related groups" info removed from infobox
For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all Infobox Ethnic group infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 20:38, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

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Mon in Thailand
Nothing abt the Mon in Thailand?

Holocaust of Mon
That article deals in some detail with he very restricted time period of 1757 and immmediately following; since this is niot covered well in the main article,   it should go there as a merge. I will carry it out soon if no objections. DGG (talk) 06:45, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Mon population
Are there really 8 million Mon? According to Demographics of Burma, the Mon people make up only 2% of Burma's population of ~ 50 million. Now that's 1 million. &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 07:56, 28 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't think so. Many Mon has been assimilated through marriages. In major cities, Mon is rarely spoken.  S  WH® talk 08:34, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Removed texts
I removed this text "Recent studies have adduced evidence indicating that the Mon and Bamar share some common genetic ancestry. A genetic study done on Mon from Southern Myanmar and Bamar from Southern Myanmar showed a high prevalence of a particular glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutation not found among Khmers, Laotians or Thais."

The reason is that the texts cited on a study done in 2008; "Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mutations in Mon and Burmese of southern Myanmar." The result of the study suggests that Mon people share a common ancestry with Burmese rather than Cambodians. In my opinion, this study is obsolete and reinventing the wheel. Here are my reasons. First of all, of course, today's Mon share a common ancestry with Burmese as the Mon have been effectively assimilated to Bamar/Burmese for centuries. Second of all, being the same language family has nothing to do with common ancestry. Moreover, the study is just a cross-sectional study and prone to selection bias. Peter Moe (talk) 11:47, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

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