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The East Asian language family is a theoretical language family made up of the majority of the languages of East Asia and Southeast Asia. It includes the Sino-Tibetan language family, the Hmong-Mien language family, the Kra-Dai language family, the Austronesian language family, the Austroasiatic language family, the Koreanic language family, and the Japonic language family.

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  • Geographic distributions of Y chromosome haplogroups O in East Asia

    Modern distribution of basal O-M175, which expanded from southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia.

  • Chronological dispersal of Austronesian people across the Pacific (per Benton et al, 2012, adapted from Bellwood, 2011)

    Dispersal of Austronesian languages

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