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Austro-Asiatic language

DEFINITIONS OF: Austro-Asiatic language

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n a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia

Synonyms:
Austro-Asiatic, Munda-Mon-Khmer
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Munda
a family of languages spoken by people scattered throughout central India
Mon-Khmer
a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages
Annamese, Annamite, Vietnamese
the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
Khmer
the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia
Mon
the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
Type of:
natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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