also: アウストロアジアごぞく
noun
Austro-Asiatic languages
A major language family of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern India, including Vietnamese and Khmer.
ベトナム語はオーストロアジア語族に属する。
Vietnamese belongs to the Austro-Asiatic language family.
Variant spelling reflecting the German-influenced pronunciation 'Austro-Asiatisch'.
Austronesian language family, distinct from Austro-Asiatic; includes languages like Malay and Tagalog.
From English 'Austro-Asiatic', a term coined in the early 20th century to classify a group of languages in Southeast Asia and India.