The Khasi–Palaungic languages are a primary branch of the
Austroasiatic
The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority popu ...
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
The Khmuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic languages spoken mostly in northern Laos, as well as in neighboring northern Vietnam and southern Yunnan, China. Khmu is the only widely spoken language in the group.
Homeland
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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 Palaungic or Palaung–Wa languages are a group of nearly 30 Austroasiatic languages, with scholars disagreeing on exactly which languages to include in the classification. They are spoken in scattered pockets across an inland region of South ...
:
Palaung,
Riang,
Blang,
Wa...
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
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