Mon-Khmer Migrate into Southeast Asia
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Language, Linguistics, Philology, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: China, Southeast Asia, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indochina, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand
- Date: c. 2000
Article abstract: People speaking Mon-Khmer languages settled in Southeast Asia, becoming one of the major language groups in the region.
Summary of Event
The term “Mon-Khmer” is a linguistic label rather than an ethnic one. It refers to people speaking a number of related languages found primarily in mainland Southeast Asia. Two of the main groups of Mon-Khmer speakers are the Mon (also sometimes spelled Mun), who throughout historical times have lived in eastern Myanmar (formerly Burma) and west central Thailand, and the Khmer (also called...
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