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The Austroasiatic languages (/ ˌ ɒ s t r oʊ. eɪ ʒ i ˈ æ t ɪ k, ˌ ɔː-/ OSS-troh-ay-zhee-AT-ik, AWSS-) are a large language family spoken throughout mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
- Munda Languages
Origin Present-day distribution of Austroasiatic languages....
- Vietic
The Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic...
- Khasic
The Khasic or Khasian languages are a family of...
- Munda Languages
Most Austronesian languages are spoken by island dwellers. Only a few languages, such as Malay and the Chamic languages, are indigenous to mainland Asia. Many Austronesian languages have very few speakers, but the major Austronesian languages are spoken by tens of millions of people.
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The Austric languages are a proposed language family that includes the Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar, as well as Kra–Dai and Austroasiatic languages spoken in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia.
(Show more) Austroasiatic languages, stock of some 150 languages spoken by more than 65 million people scattered throughout Southeast Asia and eastern India. Most of these languages have numerous dialects. Khmer, Mon, and Vietnamese are culturally the most important and have the longest recorded history.
The languages of the Austroasiatic (AA) language family share a core set of derivational prefixes and infixes that are largely fossilized. Beyond these, there is a wide range of morphological features throughout these more than 160 languages.
The Austroasiatic languages, [note 1] formerly known as Mon–Khmer, [2] are a large language family of Mainland Southeast Asia, also scattered throughout India, Bangladesh, Nepal and the southern border of China, with around 117 million speakers. [3] .
Jul 22, 2020 · Austroasiatic languages (also known as the Mon-Khmer languages) are one of Southeast Asia’s largest language families. The family contains a whopping 160 distinct languages, spoken over a broad geographical area. The best-known Austroasiatic language is Vietnamese.
