MON-KHMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mon-Khmer mean? 

• MON-KHMER (noun)
  The noun MON-KHMER has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages

  Familiarity information: MON-KHMER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MON-KHMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Mon-Khmer" is a kind of...):

Austro-Asiatic; Austro-Asiatic language; Munda-Mon-Khmer (a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mon-Khmer"):

Annamese; Annamite; Vietnamese (the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam)

Khmer (the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia)

Mon (the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon)