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 (6)

Label	Occurrences
Austroasiatic languages	62
Austroasiatic canonical	28
Austroasiatic language family	22
Austroasiatic peoples	3
Austro-Asiatic	1
Austroasiatic linguistics	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	Austroasiatic ⓘ surface form: Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer ⓘ surface form: Mon–Khmer
classificationStatus	well-established as a family ⓘ
comparativeLinguistics	subject of extensive reconstruction ⓘ
hasHistoricalLanguage	Middle Khmer ⓘ Middle Mon ⓘ Middle Vietnamese ⓘ Khmer ⓘ surface form: Old Khmer Old Mon ⓘ Old Vietnamese ⓘ Mon-Khmer ⓘ surface form: Proto-Mon–Khmer
hasLanguage	Aslian ⓘ Aslian branch ⓘ Aslian languages ⓘ Aslian languages of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ Bahnaric ⓘ surface form: Bahnar language Bahnaric ⓘ Bahnaric branch ⓘ Bahnaric ⓘ surface form: Bahnaric languages Bahnaric languages of Vietnam ⓘ Ho language ⓘ Juang language ⓘ Katu language ⓘ Katuic ⓘ Katuic branch ⓘ Katuic languages ⓘ Katuic languages of Laos and Vietnam ⓘ Kharia language ⓘ Khasi language ⓘ surface form: Khasi Khasi language ⓘ Khasian ⓘ Khasian branch ⓘ Khasi language ⓘ surface form: Khasian languages of Meghalaya Khasic languages ⓘ Khmer ⓘ Khmer ⓘ surface form: Khmer language Bahnaric ⓘ surface form: Khmeric Khmeric branch ⓘ Khmeric languages ⓘ Khmeric languages of Cambodia ⓘ Mon-Khmer ⓘ surface form: Khmu language Khmuic ⓘ Khmuic branch ⓘ Mon-Khmer ⓘ surface form: Khmuic languages Khmuic languages of Laos ⓘ Mon-Khmer ⓘ surface form: Khmuʼ language Mon ⓘ Mon language ⓘ Munda ⓘ Munda branch ⓘ North Munda languages ⓘ surface form: Munda languages Munda languages of India ⓘ Mundari ⓘ surface form: Mundari language Nicobarese ⓘ Nicobarese ⓘ surface form: Nicobarese branch Nicobarese ⓘ surface form: Nicobarese language Nicobarese languages ⓘ Nicobarese languages ⓘ surface form: Nicobarese languages of Car Nicobar Nicobarese languages of Great Nicobar ⓘ Nicobarese languages ⓘ surface form: Nicobarese languages of Katchal Nicobarese languages of Little Nicobar ⓘ Nicobarese languages ⓘ surface form: Nicobarese languages of Nancowry Nicobarese languages ⓘ surface form: Nicobarese languages of Teressa Palaung language ⓘ Palaungic ⓘ Palaungic branch ⓘ Palaungic languages ⓘ Palaungic languages of Myanmar ⓘ Pearic ⓘ Pearic branch ⓘ Pearic languages ⓘ Pearic languages of Cambodia ⓘ Santhali ⓘ surface form: Santali Santhali ⓘ surface form: Santali language Semai language ⓘ Sora language ⓘ Semai language ⓘ surface form: Temiar language Vietic languages ⓘ surface form: Vietic Vietic branch ⓘ Vietic languages ⓘ Vietic languages of Vietnam ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese language 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 ⓘ surface form: Mon–Khmer Munda ⓘ Palaungic ⓘ Pearic ⓘ Vietic languages ⓘ surface form: Vietic 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 language ⓘ surface form: Khasi Khmer ⓘ Mon ⓘ Santhali ⓘ surface form: Santali Vietnamese ⓘ
morphologicalFeature	infixation ⓘ prefixation ⓘ reduplication ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	register contrasts in some branches ⓘ tonogenesis in Vietic ⓘ tonogenesis in some Katuic languages ⓘ
reconstruction	Proto-Austroasiatic ⓘ
region	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh eastern India ⓘ surface form: Eastern India Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia Nicobar Islands ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ southern China ⓘ surface form: Southern China
spokenBy	Khasi people ⓘ Khmer ⓘ surface form: Khmer people Mon people ⓘ Munda peoples ⓘ Nicobarese ⓘ surface form: Nicobarese people 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 ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese people
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 ⓘ surface form: Khmer script (for Khmer) 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 script ⓘ surface form: Ol Chiki (for Santali) Thai script (for some Austroasiatic languages in Thailand) ⓘ

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Referenced by (117)

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

Khmer → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Southeast Asia → majorLanguageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Nicobarese → family → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Vietnamese → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

subject surface form: Vietnamese language

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Northeast India → hasLanguageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Assamese people → culturalInfluence → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic peoples

Santhali → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Indians → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Kinh → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Mon-Khmer → partOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic language family

Mon-Khmer → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Austroasiatic → alternativeName → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austro-Asiatic

Kinh people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Mon → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Nancowry → family → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Nancowry → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Nicobarese languages → subclassOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic language family

Nicobarese languages → family → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Nicobarese languages → branchOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Nicobarese languages → geneticClassification → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Chowra → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Chowra → languageFamilyHigher → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Shompen language → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Teressa → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Katchal → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Montagnard highland peoples → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Languages of India → majorLanguageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Santhal → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Vietic languages → subclassOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Vietic languages → partOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic language family

Shompen people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Chamic languages → hasInfluenceFrom → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Khasi people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Munda → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Ho → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Mon people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

North Munda languages → partOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic language family

North Munda languages → languageFamilyBranchOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Ho language → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Santalī → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Mundari → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

Jaintia people → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Vietic peoples → subclassOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic peoples

Vietic peoples → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Muong → ethnolinguisticFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic peoples

Muong → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Chut → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Arem → languageFamily → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Bahnaric → partOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic language family

Bahnaric → subfamilyOf → Austroasiatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austroasiatic languages

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