There was a panoramic view of Thailand-rural, khmer and Burmese individuals smiling in the northern regions and stolid Moslem and Indians in the south.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
With the progress of research it became apparent that the Mon-khmer group of Indo-China thus constituted, to which the Khasis belong, was in some way connected with the large linguistic family in the Indian Peninsula once called Kolarian, but now more generally known as Munda, who inhabit the hilly region of Chutia Nagpur and parts of the Satpura range in the Central Provinces.
"The Khasis"
P. R. T. Gurdon
It is interesting to note that the Amwi and Lakadong dialects of Khasi, which are spoken by the people who dwell on the southern slopes of the Jaintia Hills, seem more closely to correspond with the Mon-khmer forms than even with Khasi.
"The Khasis"
P. R. T. Gurdon