Moklen
[aka Chau Pok]Classification: Austronesian
·endangered
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Endangered
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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1,000-9,999
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6,000 (Moken and Moklen together)
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"About 4,000 in Burma and about 2,000 in Thailand, some no longer following their traditional migratory fishing lifestyle and some of these not speaking the language."
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Thai
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
"There is one Jadiak village south of the Moklen at the southern tip of Phuket Island; but in this village there is extensive contact with Urak Lawoi and Thai and young people no longer speak traditional Moken."
- More on Orthography
Thai scripts
- PLACES
- Thailand
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"Thailand: islands off the southwest coast from the Burmese border to Phuket; also a few settlements on the coast."