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In the 15th century Thai king Sam Praya invaded Khmer and took some Khmer people as enslave back to Siam. One of my ancestor was among them. Some of those people were Cham who migrated from Champa kingdom. Most of those Cham who live in Bangkok said they were the Cham people of kampong cham. The Cham community was the earliest Muslim community in Bangkok. But now they can't speak Cham. They used Khmer language in the community because those Khmer could not understand Cham language. Some