Mon-Khmer

[ mohn-kmair, -kuh-mair ]

noun
  1. a group of Austroasiatic languages that includes Mon, of Myanmar (Burma), and Khmer, the language of Cambodia.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Mon-Khmer.

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British Dictionary definitions for Mon-Khmer

Mon-Khmer

noun
  1. a family of languages spoken chiefly in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Assam; probably a member of the Austro-Asiatic phylum

adjective
  1. of or belonging to this family of languages

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