The linguistics of odour in Semaq Beri and Semelai, two Austroasiatic languages of the Malay Peninsula by Kruspe, N, Majid, A

Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics by Hiram Ring, Felix Rau

“…The papers present significant advances in both diachronic and synchronic studies of Austroasiatic languages in Mainland Southeast Asia and Eastern India.…”
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On the place of Lepcha in Sino-Tibetan: a lexical comparison by Bodman, Nicholas C.

“…After a brief outline of Lepcha phonology and a discussion of influences from other languages, I place Lepcha firmly as a member of Tibeto-Burman, despite lexical resemblances from such a distantly related language as Chinese or by borrowing from Austroasiatic languages (like Khasi). Most of the Tibeto-Burman languages most similar in lexicon to Lepcha (like Adi) lie somewhat to the east. …”
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U by Svantesson, Jan-Olof

“…In this article, the name U is proposed for a group of closely related Austroasiatic languages. One of the U languages, spoken in the village Pa Xcp in Yunnan province in China, is the main subject of this article. …”
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Report on the 3rd Annual Meeting of the North East Indian Linguistic Society by Konnerth, Linda, Wood, Dan

“…Held in Guwahati, Assam from January 18–22, 2008, the meeting featured a two-day series of workshops on field linguistics, followed by a conference with presentations focusing on local Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Aryan and Austroasiatic languages.…”
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Conference report - The 6th Annual Meeting of the North East Indian Linguistic Society by Teo, Amos

“…The conference itself was a great success, with international and local scholars presenting a variety of papers on Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Aryan and Austroasiatic languages of this linguistically diverse part of the world. …”
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Multiple migrations from East Asia led to linguistic transformation in NorthEast India and mainland Southeast Asia by Debashree Tagore, Partha P. Majumder, Partha P. Majumder, Anupam Chatterjee, Anupam Chatterjee, Analabha Basu

“…The Khasi speakers are separated from their nearest Austroasiatic language-speaking sub-groups: the “Mundari” sub-family from East and peninsular India and the “Mon-Khmers” in Mainland Southeast Asia. …”
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Struktur sintaksis frasa nama Bahasa Bateq by Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan

“…Malaysia has some distinctive speakers who can speak Austroasiatics languages. However, the number of Austroasiatics languages in Malaysia is comprised of only 18 languages (Jabatan Orang Asli, 2009). …”
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The representation of Tai onsets in Kammu loanwords by Svantesson, Jan-Olof

“…Kammu (Kmhmu’, Khmu’), an Austroasiatic language of northern Laos, has borrowed extensively from Tai languages (Lao and Lü) for a long time. …”
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Review of "North East Indian linguistics" by King, Deborah

“…It includes a broad spectrum of data which must be of interest to typologists as well as any linguist with a focus on the region of North East India or the Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Aryan, Tai Kadai, or Austroasiatic language families.…”
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Rhythm and vocalic drift in Munda and Mon-Khmer by Donegan, Patricia

“…Opposite rhythmic principles are responsible for the opposite typological tendencies of the Southeast Asian (Mon-Khmer) and Indic (Munda) branches of the Austroasiatic language family. The phonological divergence between Mon-Khmer and Munda is largely the result of stress-timing in Mon-Khmer and mora-timing in Munda; their vowel phonologies, especially, show how the two branches represent opposite phonological types. …”
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A STUDY OF INTONATION PATTERNS IN KHASI: LABELING AND ANALYSIS by Rynjah, Rymphang, Lyngdoh, Saralin

“…This paper aims to analyze the intonation patterns found in Khasi, an Austroasiatic language spoken in north-eastern India. The study focuses on the use of pitch and how it correlates with meaning. …”
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Munda languages are father tongues, but Japanese and Korean are not by Gyaneshwer Chaubey, George van Driem

“…Such correlations were found to be ubiquitous but not universal, and the striking exceptions to such conspicuous patterns of correlation between linguistic and genetic phylogeography elicit particular interest and beg for clarification. Within the Austroasiatic language family, the Munda languages are a clear-cut case of father tongues, whereas Japanese and Korean are manifestly not. …”
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A grammar of Pnar by Ring, Hiram

“…This thesis provides an initial descriptive analysis of a largely undescribed Austroasiatic language of Meghalaya, northeast India. Pnar has often been overlooked because of its lexical similarity to Khasi, with which it shares a common identity and society. …”
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The Peoples of the Steppe Frontier in Early Chinese Sources by Edwin G. Pulleyblank

“…Of the major non-Chinese groups, the Yi, along the eastern seaboard, probably spoke an Austroasiatic language. They can be identified with a series of coastal Neolithic cultures, elements of which contributed much to the formation of Chinese civilization in the Central Plain. …”
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Foreword by ALA editorial board

“…DILIP and Rayesh KUMAR coauthored the article “Clitic or Agreement Restriction in Santali: A Typological Analysis”, in which they investigated the syntactic configuration of pronominal number marking in Santali, the third most-spoken Austroasiatic language, from syntactic, morphological and prosodic perspective. …”
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Multilingualism and language shift in Northeastern Thailand : the Bru in Woen Buek by Tomioka, Yutaka

“…This study focuses on a speech community of an Austroasiatic language (Woen Buek (เวินบึก, WB) in Bru) in Northeastern Thailand, where the Northeastern Thai (Lao Isan) is spoken. …”
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