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:''Not to be confused with Hmong people'' The Mon ( or ; (ビルマ語:မွန်လူမျိုး), ; (クメール語:មន), (タイ語:มอญ), ) are an ethnic group from Burma (Myanmar) living mostly in Mon State, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta and along the southern border of Thailand and Burma. One of the earliest peoples to reside in Southeast Asia, the Mon were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Indochina. The Mon were a major source of influence on the culture of Burma. They speak the Mon language, an Austroasiatic language, and share a common origin with the Nyah Kur people of Thailand from the Mon mandala (polity) of Dvaravati. The eastern Mon assimilated to Thai culture long ago. The western Mon of Burma were largely absorbed by Bamar society but continue fighting to preserve their language and culture and to regain a greater degree of political autonomy. The Mon of Burma are divided into three sub-groups based on their ancestral region in Lower Burma: the Man Nya () from Pathein (the Irrawaddy Delta) in the west, the Man Duin () in Bago in the central region, and the Man Da () at Mottama in the southeast. Once the predominant ethno-linguistic group in Lower Burma, speakers of Mon number fewer than one million today, and those of Mon descent number anywhere between two million and eight million. The majority of Mon are monolingual in Burmese and are counted as members of the majority Bamar. Recent studies have adduced evidence indicating that the Mon and Bamar share a common genetic ancestry. A genetic study done on Mon and Bamar showed a high prevalence of a particular glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutation not found among Khmers, Laotians and Thais. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mon people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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