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Terms in this set (62) Approximately how many languages are currently spoken around the world? 6000-7000. What percentage of these languages are Austronesian? 25%. What are the 3 regions that the Pacific is usually divided into? Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia.
Austronesian languages, formerly Malayo-Polynesian languages , Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, the central and southern Pacific island groups (except most of New Guinea; see Papuan languages), and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the island of Taiwan.
The Oceanic hypothesis maintains that all Austronesian languages east of a line that runs through Indonesian New Guinea at approximately 138° E longitude—except for Palauan and Chamorro of western Micronesia—are descended from a single protolanguage spoken many generations after the initial breakup of Proto-Austronesian itself.
Indigenous languages. Aside from Myanmar (Burmese) and its dialects, the hundred or so languages of Myanmar include Shan (Tai, spoken by 3.2 million), Karen languages (spoken by 2.6 million), Kachin (spoken by 900,000), Tamil (spoken by 1.1 Million), various Chin languages (spoken by 780,000), and Mon (Mon–Khmer, spoken by 750,000).
Most Austronesian languages have between 16 and 22 consonants and 4 or 5 vowels. Exceptionally large consonant inventories are found in the languages of the Loyalty Islands in southern Melanesia, and exceptionally small consonant inventories in the Polynesian languages. Hawaiian has the second smallest inventory of phonemes, or distinctive ...
Apr 5, 2023 · Spoken across Southeast Asia, Oceania, Madagascar, and Taiwan, the Austronesian language family encompasses an astonishing 1,200 languages. Some of the major languages spoken within this massive ...
French is the first language of 1,800 people (1%) and is spoken as a second language by 87,000 people (29%). The majority of the country's population (63.2% in 2009) speak an indigenous language as their first language, with Bislama as a second language. English and French are generally spoken as third languages, in spite of their official status.
