Monic Languages - Classification

Classification

Sidwell (2009:114) proposes the following tree ("stammbaum") for Monic, synthesizing past classifications from Therapan L-Thongkum (1984) and Diffloth (1984).

• Old Mon / Proto-Monic
  • Nyah Kur
    • North
    • Central
    • South
  • Middle Mon
    • Literary Mon
    • Mon Ro: Northernmost dialect, spoken in the Pegu-Paung-Zingyaik area
      • West Mon Ro variety: Spoken from north of Martaban to Thaton
      • East Mon Ro variety: Spoken in a small area on the south bank of the Gyaing River
    • Mon Rao: Spoken around Moumein, extending several hundred kilometers south to Tavoy
      • North Mon Rao
      • Kamawet area Mon
      • South Mon Rao
      • Ye Mon Rao: This is the southernmost Mon variety.
    • Thai Mon (mix of Mon Ro and Mon Rao)