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TALAING , more accurately called Mon, the name given to the remnant of the Peguan See also:

RACE

race, which for See also:

long strove with the Burmans for the ascendancy in what is now See also:

BURMA

Burma. In the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Peguans were masters of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country from the Gulf of See also:

MARTABAN

Martaban to far to the See also:

north of See also:

MANDALAY

Mandalay. Now, however, the Talaing See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is practically confined to the See also:

TENASSERIM

Tenasserim and See also:

PEGU

Pegu divisions of See also:

LOWER

Lower Burma, and even there it seems to be dying out. According to the See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census of Igo' they numbered only 321,898 persons, of whom 154,480 spoke the Talaing See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language. The Talaings are, historically, the most important representatives in Burma of the M6n-See also:

ANNAM, or ANAM

Annam linguistic See also:

FAMILY

family, who have See also:

LEFT

left tokens of their presence from the Khasia Hills in See also:

ASSAM

Assam to the Gulf of See also:

SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam. The origin of the name Talaing is disputed, but it is most commonly believed to be a See also:

TERM

term of reproach, meaning " downtrodden," given by the conquering Burmans. The See also:

PEOPLE

people See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves See also:

MONS (Flemish Bergen)

Mons. They are lighter in complexion and more sturdily built than the Burmans and the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face is rounder.

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