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Austroasiatic
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Austro-Asiatic
English
Alternative forms
en Austro-Asiatic
Etymology
Borrowed from en de Austroasiatisch, de austroasiatisch, coined by Wilhelm Schmidt, from Latin la auster south + German de asiatisch Asian.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɔːstɹəʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/ RP
en /ˌɔstɹoʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Austroasiatic.wav GA
Adjective
Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
Australasian.
en 1987 Bhuban Mohan Das The Peoples of Assam 168 This haemoglobin variant emerged in an Austroasiatic people and subsequently diffused throughout southeast Asia and then to other places.
Derived terms
en Austroasiaticist Proto-Austroasiatic
Translations
Armenian: hy
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 南亞語系 Nányàyǔxì
Danish: da austroasiatisk
Dutch: nl Austroaziatisch
Finnish: fi austroaasialainen
French: fr austroasiatique
Georgian: ka
German: de austroasiatisch
Italian: it austroasiatico
Portuguese: pt austro-asiático
Russian: ru австроазиатский m
Swedish: sv austroasiatisk
Vietnamese: vi Nam Á
en Language families