They are the southernmost Austroasiatic Mon-Khmer speaking people on the Malay Peninsula. |
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The population of the empire included Siamese and probably other Austroasiatic peoples who gradually assimilated to the Khmer. |
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In the middle regions a number of tribal languages of the Munda or Austroasiatic family are spoken. |
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Other significant indigenous minorities include speakers of Mon, Khmer, and other Mon-Khmer languages of the Austroasiatic family. |
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Viet-Muong languages, subbranch of the Vietic branch of the Mon-Khmer family of languages, itself a part of the Austroasiatic stock. |
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The dominant Khmer language belongs to the Austroasiatic language family and is related to Vietnamese, Mon, and a number of other Asian languages. |
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Words for 'tiger,'ivoryry,' and 'crossbow' are also Austroasiatic. |
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Prior to the 13th century the major languages spoken in what is today Thailand belonged primarily to the Mon-Khmer language group of the Austroasiatic language family rather than to the Tai language family. |
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To the east and south, especially in Bengal, peoples speaking Austroasiatic, Indo-Aryan, and Tibeto-Burman languages have joined the population over the centuries. |
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Jahaic languages, also called Semang, or North Aslian, Languages, a subbranch of the Aslian branch of the Mon-Khmer family, itself a part of the Austroasiatic stock. |
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Austroasiatic subgrouping and Prehistory in the Malay Peninsular. |
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