Austroasiatic
E42054
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.
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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Austroasiatic Description of subject: 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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