East Asian languages

East Asian
East Asian
(proposed, under study)
Geographic; distribution	East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	Sino-Tibetan; Hmong–Mien; Kra–Dai; Austronesian; Austroasiatic; Koreanic (sometimes included); Japonic (sometimes included); Ainu (sometimes included); Nivkh (rarely included); Chukotko-Kamchatkan (rarely included);
Glottolog	None

The East Asian languages are a language family (alternatively macrofamily or superphylum) proposed by Stanley Starosta in 2001. The proposal has since been adopted by George van Driem and others.

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