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𝐌𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 ( 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞) and 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧.

𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 in Southeast Asia.

Caption Main linguistic and ethnic groups

Summary The map shows the main patterns of migration in Southeast Asia and surrounding areas to about 500 BCE:

movement of Austronesian speakers from China and Taiwan into southeast Asia from about 4000 BCE; Papuan languages to East Timor; Chamic speakers to Vietnam c. 1500 BCE; spread of eastern Austronesian to coastal Melanesia and western Polynesia; spread of western Austronesian languages from about 1500 to 500 BCE. The location of the following linguistic and ethnic groups is also indicated:

Arakan Burman Thai-Lao-Shan Mon Khmer Chamic Papuan Dai-Viet

Source ; https://commons.princeton.edu/mg/southeast-asia-before-civilization-main-linguistic-and-ethnic-groups/