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Austronesian languages

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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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Scientists at Auckland University used computers to analyse vocabulary from 400 Austronesian languages from South-East Asia and the Pacific to study how the Pacific was settled.
Polynesians originated in Taiwan 5,200 years ago: study by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
Scientists at Auckland University used computers to analyse vocabulary from 400 Austronesian languages from South-East Asia and the Pacific to study how the Pacific was settled.
Polynesians originated in Taiwan 5,200 years ago: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition
References Adelaar, Alexander 2005 The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: a historical perspective, In: Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus P.
Calvin R. Rensch, Carolyn M. Rensch, Jonas Noeb and Robert Sulis ... by Adelaar, Alexander / Borneo Research Bulletin
 
 
 
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