Mon-Khmer

American

[mohn-kmair, -kuh-mair] / ˈmoʊnˈkmɛər, -kəˈmɛər /

noun

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

adjective

of or relating to the Mon-Khmer.

Mon-Khmer British

noun

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

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adjective

of or belonging to this family of languages

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These practices and beliefs are observed among the hill tribes of Assam from the Abors and Mishmis on the north to the Lusheis on the south, all linguistically members of the Tibeto-Burman group, and among the Khasis, members of the Mon-Khmer group.

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“The Mundas, the Mon-Khmer, the wild tribes of the Malay Peninsula and the Nicobarese all use forms of speech which can be traced back to a common source though they mutually differ widely from each other.”

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