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Polynesian languages, group of about 30 languages belonging to the Eastern, or Oceanic, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family and most closely related to the languages of Micronesia and Melanesia. Spoken by fewer than 1,000,000 persons spread across a large section of the
There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing 7 percent of the 522 Oceanic languages, and 3 percent of the Austronesian family. While half of them are spoken in geographical Polynesia (the Polynesian triangle ), the other half – known as Polynesian outliers – are spoken in other parts of the Pacific: from Micronesia to atolls scattered in ...
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Apr 20, 2020 · The New Zealand Maori language is part of the Polynesian sub-family of languages which form a very closely related group spoken for the most part within the Polynesian triangle. Thus Maori speech is a dialect of the language spoken throughout Polynesia and hence conveniently called the Polynesian language.
- Atarjit Brar
- 2018
The seven languages in the Micronesian group, all closely related, are the Nuclear Micronesian languages, including Marshallese, Gilbertese, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, Carolinean, and Ulithian. Two more languages of Micronesia that belong to the Polynesian group are Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 16, 2022 · It suggests the Amis of eastern Taiwan are the closest relative of the Malayo-Polynesian people (including Māori) in the Austronesian language family. This finding complements recent research...
- Victoria Chen
Sep 8, 2021 · UH Hilo. New linguistics research by UH Hilo Hawaiian Language Professor William "Pila" Wilson suggests the original settlers of the Hawaiian Islands came not from Sāmoa but from small, low-lying atolls just outside the Polynesian Triangle near the Solomon Islands.
Sep 22, 2021 · The study of language evolution suggests that there was considerable inter-island contact during the era when Eastern Polynesia was settled. And some more concrete facts have also emerged as ...
