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
Region	Shan State, Myanmar and Lampang, Thailand
Native speakers	? (2018)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Angkuic Mok
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mqt
Glottolog	mokk1243
ELP	Mok[2]

Varieties

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

Gloss	Mok A	Mok B	Mok C	Mok D	Mok E	Muak Sa-aak	Pa Xɛp U	Hu
die	[jɛ́m]	[n̩jém]	[jám]	[jɛ́m]	[jɛ̂m]	jâm	jàp	jám
weep	[jàːm]	[jàːm]	[jàːm]	[jàːm]	[jàːm]	jâːm	jâm	jàm
chicken	[ʔèa]	[ʔeàː]	[ʔìa]	[ʔeàː]	[ʔeàː]	ʔɛ̂l	jɛ́	-
silver, money	[mûi]	[nèŋ][4]	[ŋə̀n][4]	[muí]	[p.sí muî]	mûl	mùn	mm̥úl
fly (v.)	[tʰə̀ːŋ]	[tʰiaŋ] / [pʰiaŋ]	[ntʰíaŋ]	[mpʰîang]	[ntʰîaŋ]	pʰ.jûl	mpʰə̀	phɨ́ʁ
louse	[síʔ] / [nsíʔ]	[síʔ] / [nsíʔ]	[nsíʔ]	[síʔ] / [nsíʔ]	[síʔ] / [nsíʔ]	cʰíʔ	nchí	nsíʔ

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. Endangered Languages Project data for Mok.
3. OLAC Resources in and about the Mok Language, www.language-archives.org/language.php/mqt.
4. Tai loanword

Further reading

• Hall, Elizabeth. 2010. A Phonology of Muak Sa-aak. M.A. thesis. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University.
• Shintani, Tadahiko. 2019. The Sen Tsum (I-Mok) language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 121. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

External links

• RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9671-C@view Mok in RWAAI Digital Archive