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Austroasiatic

//ˌɔːstɹəʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
  2. 2
    Australasian.

    "This haemoglobin variant emerged in an Austroasiatic people and subsequently diffused throughout southeast Asia and then to other places."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Austroasiatisch, austroasiatisch, coined by Wilhelm Schmidt, from Latin auster (“south”) + German asiatisch (“Asian”).

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