Austroasiatic

adjective

Aus·​tro·​asi·​at·​ic ˈȯ-(ˌ)strō-ˌā-zhē-ˈa-tik 

-zē-ˈa-,

ˈä-,

 also  -ˌā-shē-

: of, relating to, or constituting a family of languages of south and southeast Asia that includes Mon-Khmer and Munda as subfamilies

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above