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Mon Flag (New Mon State Party' Flag)
New Mon State Party Flag
There are believed to be around 8 million people who claim Mon ancestry and retain their culture and language, but the majority of the Mon (possibly 4 million) use the modern Burmese language for daily business and are literate only in Burmese (not in their native language). The majority of Mon live around the city of Bago or the site of their historic capital, Thaton and the port of Mawlamyaing