Editing Austroasiatic languages (section)

=== Diffloth (2005) ===
[[Gérard Diffloth|Diffloth]] compares reconstructions of various clades, and attempts to classify them based on shared innovations, though like other classifications the evidence has not been published. As a schematic, we have:

{{clade
| label1='''Austro-Asiatic'''
| 1={{clade
| label1=[[Munda languages|Munda]]
| 1={{clade
   |1={{clade
      |1=[[Bonda language|Remo]]
      |2=[[Sora language|Savara]]
      }}
   |2={{clade
   |1=[[Kharia language|Kharia]]–[[Juang language|Juang]]
   |2={{clade
   |1=[[Korku language|Korku]]
   |2=Kherwarian
      }}
      }}
    }}
| label2=[[Khasi–Khmuic languages|Khasi–Khmuic]]
| 2={{clade
   |2=[[Khasic languages|Khasian]]
   |1={{clade
   |1=[[Khmuic languages|Khmuic]]
   |2={{clade
   |1=[[Pakanic languages|Pakanic]]
   |2=[[Palaungic languages|Palaungic]]
      }}
      }}
   }}
| label3=(Nuclear) Mon–Khmer
| 3={{clade
   |1={{clade
   |1={{clade
   |1=[[Vietic languages|Vietic]]
   |label2=?<ref name=VK />
   |2=[[Katuic languages|Katuic]]
      }}
   |2={{clade
   |1=[[Bahnaric languages|Bahnaric]]
   |2={{clade
      |1=[[Khmer language|Khmer]]
      |2=[[Pearic languages|Pearic]]
      }}
      }}
      }}
   |2={{clade
   |1=[[Nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]]
   |2={{clade
   |1=[[Aslian languages|Aslian]]
   |2=[[Monic languages|Monic]]
      }}
      }}
   }}
}}
}}

Or in more detail,

{{tree list}}
* '''Austro‑Asiatic'''
** '''[[Munda languages]]''' (India)
*** '''Koraput''': 7 languages
*** Core Munda languages
**** '''Kharian–Juang''': 2 languages
**** North Munda languages
***** ''[[Korku language|Korku]]''
***** '''Kherwarian''': 12 languages
** [[Khasi–Khmuic languages]] (Northern Mon–Khmer)
*** '''[[Khasic languages|Khasian]]''': 3 languages of north eastern India and adjacent region of Bangladesh
*** Palaungo-Khmuic languages
**** '''[[Khmuic languages|Khmuic]]''': 13 languages of Laos and Thailand
**** Palaungo-Pakanic languages
***** '''[[Pakanic languages|Pakanic]]''' or '''[[Bolyu language|Palyu]]''': 4 or 5 languages of southern China and Vietnam
***** '''[[Palaungic languages|Palaungic]]''': 21 languages of Burma, southern China, and Thailand
** Nuclear Mon–Khmer languages
*** Khmero-Vietic languages (Eastern Mon–Khmer)
**** Vieto-Katuic languages ?<ref name=VK>Sidwell (2005) casts doubt on Diffloth's Vieto-Katuic hypothesis, saying that the evidence is ambiguous, and that it is not clear where Katuic belongs in the family.</ref>
***** '''[[Vietic languages|Vietic]]''': 10 languages of Vietnam and Laos, including [[Muong language|Muong]] and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], which has the most speakers of any Austroasiatic language.
***** '''[[Katuic languages|Katuic]]''': 19 languages of Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand.
**** Khmero-Bahnaric languages
***** '''[[Bahnaric languages|Bahnaric]]''': 40 languages of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
***** Khmeric languages
****** The '''[[Khmer language|Khmer]]''' dialects of Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
****** '''[[Pearic languages|Pearic]]''': 6 languages of Cambodia.
*** Nico-Monic languages (Southern Mon–Khmer)
**** '''[[Nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]]''': 6 languages of the [[Nicobar Islands]], a territory of India.
**** Asli-Monic languages
***** '''[[Aslian languages|Aslian]]''': 19 languages of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.
***** '''[[Monic languages|Monic]]''': 2 languages, the [[Mon language]] of Burma and the [[Nyah Kur language|Nyahkur language]] of Thailand.
{{tree list/end}}