The East Asian languages are a language family proposed by the linguist Stanley Starosta in 2001. The proposal has since been adopted by George van Driem and others.
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RegionEast Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar, Siberia 1 Proto-Language StatusProto-East Asian, proposed by Starosta, a disyllabic language c. 6500-6000 BCE on the North China Plain 1 Sources
1. East Asian languages - Wikipedia
Infobox, Geographic distribution
Geographic distribution: East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar, Siberia
Starosta (2005) section
He concludes Proto-East Asian was a disyllabic (CVCVC) language spoken from 6,500 to 6,000 BCE by Peiligang culture and Cishan culture millet farmers on the North China Plain
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