Austroasiatic

E42054

language family

Austroasiatic is a large and ancient language family of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia, including languages such as Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Austroasiatic languages	204
Austroasiatic canonical	117
Austroasiatic language family	48
Austroasiatic peoples	14
Austro-Asiatic	1
Austroasiatic linguistics	1
Austroasiatic phylum	1
Austroasiatic-speaking peoples	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T322821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Austroasiatic
Context triple: [Khmer, languageFamily, Austroasiatic]

A. Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
B. Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific, including languages such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Javanese, and Malagasy.
C. Sino-Tibetan languages
The Sino-Tibetan languages are a major language family of East, Southeast, and South Asia that includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous related languages spoken by over a billion people.
D. Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
E. Dravidian languages
Dravidian languages are a family of languages primarily spoken in South India and parts of Sri Lanka, including major languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Austroasiatic
Target entity description: Austroasiatic is a large and ancient language family of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia, including languages such as Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon.

A. Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
B. Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific, including languages such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Javanese, and Malagasy.
C. Sino-Tibetan languages
The Sino-Tibetan languages are a major language family of East, Southeast, and South Asia that includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous related languages spoken by over a billion people.
D. Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
E. Dravidian languages
Dravidian languages are a family of languages primarily spoken in South India and parts of Sri Lanka, including major languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (156)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language family ⓘ
age	ancient ⓘ
alternativeName	Austro-Asiatic ⓘ linked to: Austroasiatic Mon–Khmer ⓘ linked to: Mon-Khmer
classificationStatus	well-established as a family ⓘ
comparativeLinguistics	subject of extensive reconstruction ⓘ
hasHistoricalLanguage	Middle Khmer ⓘ Middle Mon ⓘ Middle Vietnamese ⓘ Old Khmer ⓘ linked to: Khmer Old Mon ⓘ Old Vietnamese ⓘ Proto-Mon–Khmer ⓘ linked to: Mon-Khmer
hasLanguage	Aslian ⓘ Aslian branch ⓘ Aslian languages ⓘ Aslian languages of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ Bahnar language ⓘ linked to: Bahnaric Bahnaric ⓘ Bahnaric branch ⓘ Bahnaric languages ⓘ linked to: Bahnaric Bahnaric languages of Vietnam ⓘ Ho language ⓘ Juang language ⓘ Katu language ⓘ Katuic ⓘ Katuic branch ⓘ Katuic languages ⓘ Katuic languages of Laos and Vietnam ⓘ Kharia language ⓘ Khasi ⓘ linked to: Khasi language Khasi language ⓘ Khasian ⓘ Khasian branch ⓘ Khasian languages of Meghalaya ⓘ linked to: Khasi language Khasic languages ⓘ Khmer ⓘ Khmer language ⓘ linked to: Khmer Khmeric ⓘ linked to: Bahnaric Khmeric branch ⓘ Khmeric languages ⓘ Khmeric languages of Cambodia ⓘ Khmu language ⓘ linked to: Mon-Khmer Khmuic ⓘ Khmuic branch ⓘ Khmuic languages ⓘ linked to: Mon-Khmer Khmuic languages of Laos ⓘ Khmuʼ language ⓘ linked to: Mon-Khmer Mon ⓘ Mon language ⓘ Munda ⓘ Munda branch ⓘ Munda languages ⓘ linked to: North Munda languages Munda languages of India ⓘ Mundari language ⓘ linked to: Mundari Nicobarese ⓘ Nicobarese branch ⓘ linked to: Nicobarese Nicobarese language ⓘ linked to: Nicobarese Nicobarese languages ⓘ Nicobarese languages of Car Nicobar ⓘ linked to: Nicobarese languages Nicobarese languages of Great Nicobar ⓘ Nicobarese languages of Katchal ⓘ linked to: Nicobarese languages Nicobarese languages of Little Nicobar ⓘ Nicobarese languages of Nancowry ⓘ linked to: Nicobarese languages Nicobarese languages of Teressa ⓘ linked to: Nicobarese languages Palaung language ⓘ Palaungic ⓘ Palaungic branch ⓘ Palaungic languages ⓘ Palaungic languages of Myanmar ⓘ Pearic ⓘ Pearic branch ⓘ Pearic languages ⓘ Pearic languages of Cambodia ⓘ Santali ⓘ linked to: Santhali Santali language ⓘ linked to: Santhali Semai language ⓘ Sora language ⓘ Temiar language ⓘ linked to: Semai language Vietic ⓘ linked to: Vietic languages Vietic branch ⓘ Vietic languages ⓘ Vietic languages of Vietnam ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ Vietnamese language ⓘ linked to: Vietnamese Wa language ⓘ Wa language (Austroasiatic) ⓘ Waic ⓘ Waic branch ⓘ Waic languages ⓘ Waic languages of Myanmar and China ⓘ
hasNationalLanguage	Khmer ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ
hasSubfamily	Aslian ⓘ Bahnaric ⓘ Katuic ⓘ Khasian ⓘ Khmeric ⓘ Khmuic ⓘ Mon–Khmer ⓘ linked to: Mon-Khmer Munda ⓘ Palaungic ⓘ Pearic ⓘ Vietic ⓘ linked to: Vietic languages Waic ⓘ
influencedBy	Indo-Aryan languages (areal influence on Munda) ⓘ Sino-Tibetan languages (areal influence) ⓘ Tai–Kadai languages (areal influence) ⓘ
influences	lexicon of some Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ lexicon of some Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ substrate in some Mainland Southeast Asian languages ⓘ
languageStatus	includes national languages ⓘ
macroFamilyStatus	controversial ⓘ
majorLanguage	Khasi ⓘ linked to: Khasi language Khmer ⓘ Mon ⓘ Santali ⓘ linked to: Santhali Vietnamese ⓘ
morphologicalFeature	infixation ⓘ prefixation ⓘ reduplication ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	register contrasts in some branches ⓘ tonogenesis in Vietic ⓘ tonogenesis in some Katuic languages ⓘ
reconstruction	Proto-Austroasiatic ⓘ
region	Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) Eastern India ⓘ linked to: eastern India Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ linked to: Indochinese Peninsula Nicobar Islands ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southern China ⓘ linked to: southern China
spokenBy	Khasi people ⓘ Khmer people ⓘ linked to: Khmer Mon people ⓘ Munda peoples ⓘ Nicobarese people ⓘ linked to: Nicobarese Various indigenous groups in Laos ⓘ Various indigenous groups in Myanmar ⓘ Various indigenous groups in Northeast India ⓘ Various indigenous groups in Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ Various indigenous groups in Thailand ⓘ Vietnamese people ⓘ linked to: Vietnamese
typology	monosyllabic tendencies in some branches ⓘ mostly analytic ⓘ
wordOrder	SOV (in many Munda languages) ⓘ SVO (in many branches) ⓘ
writingSystem	Bengali–Assamese script (for some Munda languages) ⓘ Devanagari (for some Munda languages) ⓘ Khmer script (for Khmer) ⓘ linked to: Khmer script Khmer-based scripts (historically for Mon) ⓘ Lao script (for some Austroasiatic languages in Laos) ⓘ Latin script (for Vietnamese) ⓘ Myanmar script (for some Austroasiatic languages in Myanmar) ⓘ Ol Chiki (for Santali) ⓘ linked to: Ol Chiki script Thai script (for some Austroasiatic languages in Thailand) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khmer → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Southeast Asia → majorLanguageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Nicobarese → family → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Vietnamese language → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

subject linked to: Vietnamese

linked to: Austroasiatic

Northeast India → hasLanguageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Assamese people → culturalInfluence → Austroasiatic peoples ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Santhali → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Indians → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Kinh → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Mon-Khmer → partOf → Austroasiatic language family ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Mon-Khmer → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Austroasiatic → alternativeName → Austro-Asiatic ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Kinh people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Mon → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Nancowry → family → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Nancowry → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Nicobarese languages → subclassOf → Austroasiatic language family ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Nicobarese languages → family → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Nicobarese languages → branchOf → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Nicobarese languages → geneticClassification → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Chowra → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Chowra → languageFamilyHigher → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Shompen language → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Teressa → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Katchal → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Montagnard highland peoples → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Languages of India → majorLanguageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Santhal → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Vietic languages → subclassOf → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Vietic languages → partOf → Austroasiatic language family ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Shompen people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Chamic languages → hasInfluenceFrom → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Khasi people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Munda → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Ho → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Mon people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

North Munda languages → partOf → Austroasiatic language family ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

North Munda languages → languageFamilyBranchOf → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Ho language → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Santalī → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Mundari → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Jaintia people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Vietic peoples → subclassOf → Austroasiatic peoples ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Vietic peoples → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Muong → ethnolinguisticFamily → Austroasiatic peoples ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Muong → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Chut → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Arem → languageFamily → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Bahnaric → partOf → Austroasiatic language family ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

Bahnaric → subfamilyOf → Austroasiatic languages ⓘ

linked to: Austroasiatic

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