Austroasiatic

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Austroasiatic

/ˌɔːstɹəʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/ UK
/ˌɔstɹoʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/ US

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Borrowed from German Austroasiatisch, austroasiatisch, coined by Wilhelm Schmidt, from Latin auster (“south”) + German asiatisch (“Asian”).

adjective more Austroasiatic · most Austroasiatic · Austro-Asiatic

Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
Australasian. This haemoglobin variant emerged in an Austroasiatic people and subsequently diffused throughout southeast Asia and then to other places.

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中文	南亞語系 /南亚语系 Nányàyǔxì
Português	austro-asiático
Français	austroasiatique
Deutsch	austroasiatisch
Italiano	austroasiatico
Русский	австроазиатский avstroaziatskij
Tiếng Việt	Nam Á

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@misc{austroasiatic_2026,
  title = {Austroasiatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/austroasiatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}