Editing Austric languages (section)

==History==
The Austric macrofamily was first proposed by the German missionary [[Wilhelm Schmidt (linguist)|Wilhelm Schmidt]] in 1906. He showed [[phonology|phonological]], [[morphology (linguistics)|morphological]], and [[lexical semantics|lexical]] evidence to support the existence of an Austric phylum consisting of [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]] and [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]].{{sfnp|Schmidt|1906}}{{efn|The terms "Austroasiatic" and "Austronesian" were in fact both coined by Schmidt. The previous common designations "Mon-Khmer" and "Malayo-Polynesian" are still in use, but each with a scope that is more limited than "Austroasiatic" and "Austronesian".}} Schmidt's proposal had a mixed reception among scholars of Southeast Asian languages, and received only little scholarly attention in the following decades.{{sfnp|Blust|2013|p=697}}

Research interest into Austric resurged in the late 20th century,<ref>{{harvp|Shorto|1976}}, {{harvp|Diffloth|1990}}, {{harvp|Diffloth|1994}}.</ref> culminating in a series of articles by La Vaughn H. Hayes, who presented a corpus of Proto-Austric vocabulary together with a reconstruction of Proto-Austric phonology,<ref>{{harvp|Hayes|1992}}, {{harvp|Hayes|1997}}, {{harvp|Hayes|1999}}, {{harvp|Hayes|2000}}, {{harvp|Hayes|2001}}.</ref> and by Lawrence Reid, focussing on morphological evidence.<ref>{{harvp|Reid|1994}}, {{harvp|Reid|1999}}, {{harvp|Reid|2005}}.</ref>