Austric languages — The Austric language superfamily is a large theoretical grouping of languages primarily spoken in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and the eastern Indian subcontinent. It includes the Austronesian language family of Taiwan, the Malay Archipelago,… … Wikipedia
Languages of Asia — There is a wide variety of languages spoken throughout Asia, comprising a number of families and some unrelated isolates. Many languages have a long tradition of writing. Contents 1 Central and North Asian languages 2 East Asian 3 Southeast Asian … Wikipedia
austric — I. ˈȯstrik, ˈäs adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Austria + English ic : austrian II. adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology … Useful english dictionary
Austronesian languages — formerly Malayo Polynesian languages Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, the central and southern Pacific island groups (except most of New Guinea; see Papuan… … Universalium
Austroasiatic languages — Superfamily of about 150 languages spoken by close to 90 million physically and culturally very diverse people in South and Southeast Asia. Today most scholars believe that it is subdivided into two families, Munda and Mon Khmer. The present… … Universalium
East Asian languages — describe two notional groupings of languages in East and Southeast Asia: * Languages which have been greatly influenced by Classical Chinese and the Chinese writing system, in particular Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese (also known as… … Wikipedia
Amerind languages — Amerind is a putative higher level language family proposed by Joseph Greenberg in his 1987 book Language in the Americas . In this book Greenberg proposed that all of the indigenous languages of the Americas belong to one of three families.… … Wikipedia
Austronesian languages — Infobox Language family name=Austronesian region=Maritime Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar, Taiwan familycolor=Austronesian family=one of the world s major language families; although links with other families have been proposed, none of these … Wikipedia
Sino-Tibetan languages — Superfamily of languages whose two branches are the Sinitic or Chinese languages and the Tibeto Burman family, an assemblage of several hundred very diverse languages spoken by about 65 million people from northern Pakistan east to Vietnam, and… … Universalium
Hmong–Mien languages — Hmong–Mien Miao–Yao Geographic distribution: China, Southeast Asia Linguistic classification: One of the world s primary language families; sometimes included in an Austric macrofamily[ … Wikipedia
