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  • Khasi language
    Khasi language Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Meghalaya, India
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    Khasi (Ka Ktien Khasi) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Meghalaya state in India by the Khasi people. It is also spoken by a sizeable population in Assam and Bangladesh. Khasi is part of the Austroasiatic language family, and is related to Khmer, Palaung, Vietnamese and Mon languages of Southeast Asia, and the Munda and Nicobarese branches of that family, which are spoken in east–central India and in the Nicobar Islands, respectively.
  • Santali language
    Santali language Austro-Asiatic language spoken in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal
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    Santali (Ol Chiki: ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), also known as Santhali, is the most widely-spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal. It is a recognized regional language of India per the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It is spoken by around 7.6 million people in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, making it the third most-spoken Austroasiatic language after Vietnamese and Khmer.
  • Asur language Munda language spoken in India
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    Asuri is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Asur people, part of the Munda branch. Asuri has many Dravidian loanwords due to contact with Kurukh.
  • Austroasiatic languages
    Austroasiatic languages Language family of continental Southeast Asia
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    The Austroasiatic languages (), also known as Mon–Khmer (), are a large language family of Mainland Southeast Asia, also scattered throughout parts of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China. There are around 117 million speakers of Austroasiatic languages. Of these languages, only Vietnamese, Khmer and Mon have a long-established recorded history and only Vietnamese and Khmer have official status as modern national languages (in Vietnam and Cambodia, respectively). In Myanmar, the Wa language is the de facto official language of Wa State. Santali is recognized as a regional language of India. The rest of the languages are spoken by minority groups and have no official status.
  • Mon language Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon in Burma and Thailand
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    The Mon language (, Mon: ဘာသာ မန်; Burmese: မွန်ဘာသာ) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people, who live in Myanmar and Thailand. Mon, like the related Khmer language or Vietic languages, but unlike most languages in mainland Southeast Asia, is not tonal. In recent years, usage of Mon has declined rapidly, especially among the younger generation. The Mon language is a recognised indigenous language in Myanmar as well as a recognised indigenous language of Thailand.
  • Southern Nicobarese language
    Southern Nicobarese language Language spoken on Southern Nicobar Islands
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    Southern Nicobarese is a Nicobarese language, spoken on the Southern Nicobar Islands of Little Nicobar (Ong), Great Nicobar (Lo'ong), and a couple small neighboring islands, Kondul (Lamongshe) and Pulo Milo (Milo Island). Each is said to have its own dialect.
  • Teressa language
    Teressa language Nicobarese language spoken in India
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    Teressa, or Taih-Long (Lurö) is one of the Nicobarese languages spoken on the Nicobar Islands in India. Bompoka dialect (Pauhut) is distinct. As of 2001, there are 2,080 speakers.
  • Chaura language
    Chaura language Austroasiatic language of Southeast Asia
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    Chaura, or Tutet (Sanënyö) is one of the Nicobarese languages spoken on Chaura Island in the Nicobar Islands.
  • Shompen language
    Shompen language Nicobarese language
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    Shompen, or Shom Peng, is a language or group of languages spoken on Great Nicobar Island in the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • Juang language Munda language of Odisha, India
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    The Juang language is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily by the Juang people of Odisha state, eastern India.
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