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Austroasiatic

UK/ˌɔːstɹəʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk//ˌɔstɹoʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/

Austroasiatic adjective: of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.

Adjective

Austroasiatic (comparative more Austroasiatic, superlative most Austroasiatic)

  1. Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
  2. Australasian.
    • This haemoglobin variant emerged in an Austroasiatic people and subsequently diffused throughout southeast Asia and then to other places.1987, Bhuban Mohan Das, The Peoples of Assam, page 168

Austroasiatic meaning in Vietnamese

Austroasiatic in Vietnamese

Translations
Nam Á

Forms of Austroasiatic

comparativemore Austroasiatic
superlativemost Austroasiatic
alternative formAustro-Asiatic

Origin of Austroasiatic

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

Words formed from Austroasiatic

Questions about Austroasiatic

What does Austroasiatic mean?
Austroasiatic means of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
What is Austroasiatic in Vietnamese?
Austroasiatic in Vietnamese is Nam Á. See Austroasiatic meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Austroasiatic?
Austroasiatic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Austroasiatic?
Austroasiatic is pronounced /ˌɔːstɹəʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/ (UK).

Words near Austroasiatic in the dictionary

  1. Austro-Hungarian Empire
  2. Austro-Hungarians
  3. Austro-Hungary
  4. Austro-Slavism
  5. Austro-Tai
  6. Austroasiatic
  7. Austroasiaticist
  8. Austroasiaticists
  9. austrocentric
  10. Austrofascism
  11. Austrofascist

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