Mok language

Mok, also known as Amok[3], Hsen-Hsum, and Muak, is a possibly extinct Angkuic language spoken in Shan State, Myanmar[1] and in Lampang Province, Thailand. In Lampang Province, Thailand, 7 speakers were reported by Wurm & Hattori (1981).

Mok
RegionShan State, Myanmar and Lampang, Thailand
Native speakers
? (2018)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mqt
Glottologmokk1243[2]

Varieties

Hall & Devereux (2018) report that five varieties of Mok are spoken in Shan State, Myanmar, providing the following comparative vocabulary table.[1]

GlossMok AMok BMok CMok DMok EMuak Sa-aakPa Xɛp UHu
die[jɛ́m][n̩jém][jám][jɛ́m][jɛ̂m]jâmjàpjám
weep[jàːm][jàːm][jàːm][jàːm][jàːm]jâːmjâmjàm
chicken[ʔèa][ʔeàː][ʔìa][ʔeàː][ʔeàː]ʔɛ̂ljɛ́-
silver, money[mûi][nèŋ][4][ŋə̀n][4][muí][p.sí muî]mûlmùnmm̥úl
fly (v.)[tʰə̀ːŋ][tʰiaŋ] / [pʰiaŋ][ntʰíaŋ][mpʰîang][ntʰîaŋ]pʰ.jûlmpʰə̀phɨ́ʁ
louse[síʔ] / [nsíʔ][síʔ] / [nsíʔ][nsíʔ][síʔ] / [nsíʔ][síʔ] / [nsíʔ]cʰíʔnchínsíʔ

References and notes
  1. Hall, Elizabeth and Shane Devereux (2018). Preliminary Mok Phonology and Implications for Angkuic Sound Change. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, held May 17-19, 2018 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mok". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. OLAC Resources in and about the Mok Language, www.language-archives.org/language.php/mqt.
  4. Tai loanword

Further reading
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