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<p>of Mon speakers live in Southern Myanmar, especially <a href="page.php?w=Mon_State">Mon State</a>, followed by <a href="page.php?w=Tanintharyi_Region">Tanintharyi Region</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Kayin_State">Kayin State</a>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>Mon is an important language in Burmese history. Until the 12th century, it was the <a href="page.php?w=lingua_franca">lingua franca</a> of the <a href="page.php?w=Irrawaddy_River">Irrawaddy valley</a>--not only in the Mon kingdoms of the lower Irrawaddy but also of the upriver <a href="page.php?w=Pagan_Kingdom">Pagan Kingdom</a></p><p>
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