Vietic
Speech parts
1. Vietic - Adjective
2. Vietic - Proper noun
Meaning
(linguistics) A subfamily of the Mon-Khmer languages that includes Vietnamese and Mường.
(linguistics) The Proto-Vietic language, the hypothetical last common ancestor of all Vietic languages.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the Vietic language family.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the ancestral Vietic language.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
The consonant clusters that were originally present in Middle Vietnamese (of the 17th century) have been lost in almost all modern Vietnamese varieties (but retained in other closely related Vietic languages).
The term "Vietic" was proposed by Hayes (1992), Hayes, La Vaughn H. 1992.