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Austro-Asiatic language

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Noun1.Austro-Asiatic language - a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia
Austro-Asiatic, Munda-Mon-Khmer
natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Munda - a family of languages spoken by people scattered throughout central India
Mon-Khmer - a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages
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The Sanskrit word for shovel is langala and is related to the word for phallus, langula; the Austro-Asiatic languages use the same word for phallus and shovel; and Rabelais calls the phallus 'nature's ploughman.
The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp, 2 vols, 3d rev. ed by Nesbit, Molly / Artforum International
 
 
 
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