The '''Mon''' are an ethnic group of agricultural people in [[Thailand]] and [[Burma]] (now Myanmar), who are thought to have come originally from western [[China]].
The Mon established a kingdom in Burma in about the 9th century. They introduced [[Buddha|Buddhism]] and Pali writing into Burma but were later subjugated by the Burmans in the 18th century.
The Mon language is an Austro-Asiatic language also known as Tailang.