User:Ckwok1/Language selection

Introduction

Potential Partners

I would like to work with Panhavoan Reth or Katelyn Becker :)

Three Potential Languages

1. Mon
2. Tai Lue
3. Walloon

Mon

Morphological Typology

Isolating (but why?)

Basic Information

• Speakers: 743,000 in Myanmar (2004), decreasing. Total users in all countries: 851,000
• ISO 639-3
  • mnw: Modern Mon
  • omx: Old Mon
• Mon is a recognized indigenous language in both Myanmar and Thailand. Speakers of Mon are also likely speakers of Burmese, …

Transmission Status

While there is some literacy among the older generation, literacy rates of Mon are very low among those under 40. Mon is taught in some Buddhist monasteries in Myanmar and Thailand, with some efforts made on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Tai Lue

Basic Information

• Speakers: Tai Lue is a Tai language of the Lu people, spoken by about 700,000 people in Southeast Asia.
  • 280,000 people in China (Yunnan)
  • 200,000 in Myanmar
  • 134,000 in Laos
  • 83,000 in Thailand
  • 4,960 in Vietnam
• ISO 639-3: khb