Mok language

Mok, also known as Amok,[2] Hsen-Hsum, and Muak, is a possibly extinct Angkuic language spoken in Shan State, Myanmar[3] and in Lampang Province, Thailand. In Lampang, 7 speakers were reported by Wurm & Hattori (1981).

Not to be confused with Mok language (Papua New Guinea).
Mok
RegionShan State, Myanmar and Lampang, Thailand
Native speakers
4,700 (2018)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mqt
Glottologmokk1243
ELPMok

Varieties

Hall & Devereux (2018) report that five varieties of Mok are spoken in Shan State, Myanmar, providing the following comparative vocabulary table.[3] These varieties have some lexical similarity (the lowest being 88%) with each other, but very low lexical similarity with the other Angkuic languages.[4] Owen (2018) dubs these varieties Hwe Law, Chieng Kham, Pha Lam, Punglong, and Hwe Koi.

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][5][ŋə̀n][5][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

Geographic distribution

Tannumsaeng (2020)[4] describes three locations for Mok: between Mong Khet and Mong Yang and south of Kengtung in Myanmar, and on the Thai-Burmese border in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.

Phonology

Tannumsaeng (2020),[4] citing Hall & Devereux (2018), provides the following phonology for Mok.

The consonants are /pʰ p m f w tʰ t n s l r c ɲ j kʰ k ŋ ʔ h/, with reduced /m̩ n̩ ɲ̩ ŋ̩ pə tə kə sə/. /f/ and /r/ only appear in certain varieties. The vowels are /i e ɛ u ɯ o ɤ ɔ a/, with the diphthongs /ia ɯa ua/. Mok has two tones, one low and one high.

References and notes
  1. Mok at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
  2. OLAC Resources in and about the Mok Language, www.language-archives.org/language.php/mqt.
  3. 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.
  4. Phakawee Tannumsaeng (2020). A Preliminary Grammar of Mok, Hwe Koi Variety, Chiang Rai, With Special Focus on the Anaphoric Use of tɤ́ʔ. Payap University.
  5. 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).
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