Austroasiatic languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Not to be confused with Austronesian languages or Afroasiatic languages . Austroasiatic Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer Geographic distribution Southeast , South , and East Asia Linguistic classification One of the world's primary language families Proto-language Proto-Austroasiatic Subdivisions Munda Khasi – Palaungic Khmuic Mang Pakanic Vietic Katuic Bahnaric Khmer Pearic Monic Aslian Nicobarese ISO 639-5 aav Glottolog aust1305 Austroasiatic languages The Austroasiatic languages [note 1] / ˌ ɒ s t r oʊ . eɪ ʒ i ˈ æ t ɪ k / , / ˌ ɔː -/ , also known as Mon–Khmer [1] / m oʊ n k ə ˈ m ɛər / , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia . These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are the majority languages of Vietnam and Cambodia. There are around 117 million s