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1841 · The Northeast

Thomas Jones & the Khasi Hills

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The Welsh missionary Thomas Jones reached the Khasi Hills of the north-east in 1841 and gave the Khasi language a written form in Roman script — the foundation of Khasi literacy and letters. He is still honoured there as a father of the Khasi alphabet.

Welsh Presbyterian mission histories (older, public domain); Nigel Jenkins's Gwalia in Khasia is copyrighted and cited only.

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