The Khasi–Palaungic languages are a primary branch of the
Austroasiatic
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language family
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of
Southeast Asia
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in the classification of Sidwell (2011, 2018). This is a departure from Diffloth (2005) classification of Khasi-Khmuic with
Khmuic and
Mangic (Pakanic) now being separate branches within Austroasiatic family.
Languages
As per the classification of Sidwell (2011) and (2018), the Khasi–Palaungic languages are as follows:
* Khasi–Palaungic
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Khasic:
War
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,
Lyngngam,
Khasi...
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Palaungic
The nearly thirty Palaungic or Palaung–Wa languages form a branch of the Austroasiatic languages.
Phonological developments
Most of the Palaungic languages lost the contrastive voicing of the ancestral Austroasiatic consonants, with the disti ...
:
Palaung,
Riang,
Blang ,
Wa...
Footnotes
References
*Diffloth, Gérard 2005. "The contribution of linguistic palaeontology and Austroasiatic". in Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, eds. ''The Peopling of East Asia: Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics.'' 77–80. London: Routledge Curzon.
*Sidwell, Paul. 2011.
. ''Proto-Khasian and Khasi-Palaungic''. Austroasiatic Languages Project. Australian National University
*Sidwell, Paul. 2014.
Khmuic classification and homeland. ''Mon-Khmer Studies'' 43.1:47-56
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