Austro-Asiatic

(ôs′trō ā′z̸hē at′ik)

noun

a family of languages scattered widely throughout S Asia, including Mon, Khmer, Vietnamese, and the Munda languages of NE India

Origin: Austro- (sense ) + Asiatic

adjective

designating or of this family of languages

See Austro-Asiatic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A family of languages of southeast Asia once dominant in northeast India and Indochina, including Mon-Khmer and Munda.

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