The Munda language group belongs to which family ?

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Austric

Dravidian

Sino-Tibetan

Indo-European

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The Munda languages are a group of languages spoken by about nine million people in eastern central India and Bangladesh. They constitute a major branch of the Austroasiatic language family. The Austroasiatic family is itself often considered part of a larger, though debated, macrofamily called Austric, which is also proposed to include the Austronesian languages. Among the given options, Austric is the family to which the Munda language group ultimately belongs via the Austroasiatic connection.

– Munda languages belong to the Austroasiatic language family.
– Austroasiatic is part of the proposed Austric macrofamily.
– Dravidian, Sino-Tibetan, and Indo-European are separate language families.

The Austric hypothesis is a theory proposing a linguistic macrofamily that includes Austroasiatic (Munda, Mon-Khmer, etc.) and Austronesian (Malay, Tagalog, Javanese, etc.) languages. While the hypothesis is still debated, it is a recognized proposed grouping, and Munda languages are a part of it.

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