Moken language

Moken
Selung, Mawken, Basing, Selong, Salong, Salon, Chau Ko', Moklen
Native toThailand, Myanmar
RegionSoutheast Asia
EthnicityMoken
Native speakers
6,000 worldwide (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwt
Glottologmoke1242
ELPMoken

Moken is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by inhabitants in southern Myanmar and Southern Thailand, who refer to themselves as Moken (people) and Mawken.[2]

  1. ^ UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
  2. ^ Naw Say Bay (1995), p. 193