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Bago Region, Myanmar
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The Mon are an ethnic group local to Myanmar's Mon State, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta and the southern border with Thailand. One of the earliest peoples to reside in Southeast Asia, the Mon have been chargeable for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Indochina. The Mon were a first-rate source of have an impact on on the subculture of Myanmar. They talk the Mon language, an Austroasiatic language, and proportion a common beginning with the Nyah Kur human beings of Thailand; they're from the Mon mandala of Dvaravati. The japanese Mon encompass the contemporary royal own family of Thailand who're of Mon ancestry. The Mon assimilated to Thai subculture long ago, but the royal girls of the Chakri dynasty carry out and maintain their Mon background alive in the Thai court docket.

The western Mon of Myanmar have been in large part absorbed by means of Bamar society. They have labored to hold their language and tradition and to regain a more degree of political autonomy. Recent studies have adduced proof indicating that the Mon and Bamar percentage a few common genetic ancestry. A genetic study done on Mon from Southern Myanmar and Bamar from Southern Myanmar showed a high incidence of a specific glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mutation no longer located among Khmers, Laotians or Thais.

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