Austroasiatic [aw-stroh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -shee-] Word Origin noun
- a family of languages spoken in SE Asia and the landsaround the Bay of Bengal and consisting principally of Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, Khasi, Nicobarese, and the Munda languages.
adjective
- of or relating to Austroasiatic.
Origin of Austroasiatic First recorded in 1920–25; austro- + Asiatic Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019