austro-asiatic in English
adjective
1
of, relating to, or denoting a phylum of languages spoken in Southeast Asia, consisting of the Mon-Khmer family, the Munda family, and one or two other isolated languages.
Cambodian, or Khmer, is classified by linguists as an Austro-Asiatic language, related to Mon.
noun
1
the Austro-Asiatic phylum of languages.
There are examples of the replacement of Proto-Dravidian n - with 1-in Indo-Aryan, even if the etymon may ultimately go back to Austro-Asiatic . ‘
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1. Entries with "apotelesmatic" Rhymes:English/ætɪk: …Six syllables Afro-Asiatic alleluiatic, halleluiatic Anidiomatic antiperistatic apotelesmatic Australasiatic Austro-Asiatic, Austroasiatic bacteriostatic…
2. The prevalence of Y-DNA Haplogroup O among Austro-Asiatic peoples suggests a common ancestry with the Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and Hmong–Mien peoples some 35,000 years ago in China.