Hi Richard

I wrote

> > Munda is often connected to the Austroasiatic Mon-
> > Khmer family,

You replied

> Are you saying there relationship is seriously disputed? I have
> seen proposed common Austroasiatic-Austronesian etyma dismissed
> because they did not include a Munda derivative. The precise
> objection was 'reaching down'.

No I don't think it is disputed, what I was meaning was that the
connection of Munda to the family (and its relationship to Khasi) is
still being worked out.

Regards

John