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Austronesian languages

Family of languages spoken in Malaysia, the Indonesian archipelago, parts of the region that was formerly Indochina, Taiwan, Madagascar, Melanesia, and Polynesia (excluding Australia and most of New Guinea). The group contains some 500 distinct languages, including Malay in Malaysia, Bahasa in Indonesia, Fijian, Hawaiian, and Maori.

There are 1,200 Austronesian languages and, according to US research published in February 2000, nine of the ten subgroups are found only in Taiwan.



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Twelve carved wooden sculptures of ancestors, including architectural elements and free-standing figures, serve as examples of one of the most important art forms of the Austronesian peoples of the Pacific.
Intersections: World Arts Local Lives by Roberts, Polly Nooter / African Arts
The elements he identifies reflect fundamental Austronesian binary contrasts of male/sky/sun/Upperworld and female /water/moon/Underworld.
And the Sun Pursued the Moon: Symbolic Knowledge and Traditional ... by Robinson, Kathryn / Pacific Affairs
A wide range of different writings suggest that Malagasy tend to imagine personhood according to an Austronesian model in which identity and personhood are only finalized at death and one's placement in a tomb.
The jaombilo of Tamatave (Madagascar), 1992-2004: reflections on ... by Cole, Jennifer / Journal of Social History
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