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Austroasiatic

[aw-stroh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -shee-]

noun

a family of languages spoken in SE Asia and the landsaround the Bay of Bengal and consisting principally of Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, Khasi, Nicobarese, and the Munda languages.

adjective

of or relating to Austroasiatic.

Origin of Austroasiatic

First recorded in 1920–25; austro- + Asiatic

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