Hmong people - Mon

Japanese: モン族 - モンぞく（英語表記）Mon

Formerly called the Talain, this ethnic group lives in the delta region of central-western Thailand and eastern Myanmar (formerly Burma). They have an estimated population of about one million. They are of Mongoloid descent, having migrated from western China to Southeast Asia, and were influenced by Indian culture and Hindu Buddhism, eventually settling in Burma and Thailand. They are somewhat shorter-headed and have larger noses than the Palaung people, who are of similar descent. In the 7th century, they established the Dbaravati Kingdom in Lopburi, downstream of the Menam River, which separated from the Khmer Empire. In the 9th century, Pegu in Burma became their central city, and they introduced writing, Indian culture, rice cultivation, and other things. From the 11th to the 18th centuries, they fought against the Burmese in the north, and after a short period of independence from 1740 to 1757, they were destroyed by the Burmese, and some of them fled to Thailand and settled there.

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Japanese:

かつてはタライン族 Talainともいわれた。タイ中西部とミャンマー (旧ビルマ) 東部のデルタ地帯に住む民族。人口約 100万と推定される。中国西部から東南アジアに移住したモンゴロイド系の人々で，インド文化や部派仏教の影響を受け，ビルマとタイに定着した。形質的には同系のパラウン族よりもやや短頭で鼻も大きい。7世紀にメナム川の下流ロッブリーにクメール帝国から分れたドバーラバティー王国を建設。9世紀にはビルマのペグが中心都市となり文字，インド文化，稲作などを伝えた。 11～18世紀にかけて北部のビルマ人と抗争し，1740～57年の短期間の独立後ビルマ人に滅ぼされ，一部はタイに逃れて定着した。

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