This article is about the proposed language family. For the languages of the East Asian geographical region, see languages of East Asia.
East Asian
(proposed, under study)
Geographic distribution
East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar
Linguistic classification
Proposed language family
Subdivisions
Sino-Tibetan
Hmong–Mien
Kra–Dai
Austronesian
Austroasiatic
Koreanic (sometimes included)
Japonic (sometimes included)
Ainu (sometimes included)
Nivkh (rarely included)
Chukotko-Kamchatkan (rarely included)
Glottolog
None
The East Asian languages are a language family (alternatively macrofamily or superphylum) proposed by Stanley Starosta in 2001. The proposal has since been adopted by George van Driem and others.
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