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Austro-Asiatic definition

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

Etymology: Austro- (sense ) + Asiatic

adjective

designating or of this family of languages

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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