Northern Khmer dialect
... that the Northern Khmer dialect is spoken by descendants of the Khmer Empire native to the Isan region of Thailand?
... that the <b id="mwBV4"><a href="./Northern_Khmer_dialect" id="mwBV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northern Khmer dialect">Northern Khmer dialect</a></b> is spoken by descendants of the <a href="./Khmer_Empire" id="mwBWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Khmer Empire">Khmer Empire</a> native to the Isan region of Thailand?