Austroasiatic

The Austroasiatic peoples speak languages of one of the oldest families of mainland Southeast Asia. They include the great kingdoms of the Khmer, Mon and Vietnamese and forest and hill peoples such as the Wa, Khasi and Santal, scattered from the Red River Delta through Cambodia and Burma to eastern India.

The Khmer built Angkor, which fell to Ayutthaya in 1431. The Mon founded Hanthawaddy at Pegu in the late thirteenth century, and Burma conquered it in 1757. The Vietnamese of Dai Viet threw off Ming rule in 1427 and then pushed south into Cham lands, taking Vijaya in 1471.