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1 day ago · Classification The Malagasy language is the westernmost member of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family, a grouping that includes languages from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and the Pacific Islands. In fact, Malagasy's relation with other Austronesian languages had already been noted by early scholars, such as the Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland in 1708. Among ...
5 days ago · All Austronesian languages spoken outside the Taiwan mainland (including its offshore Yami language) belong to the Malayo-Polynesian (sometimes called Extra-Formosan) branch. Most Austronesian languages lack a long history of written attestation.
3 days ago · Malagasy languages, a cluster of languages spoken on Madagascar and adjacent islands and belonging to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family of languages. The various Malagasy dialects are all closely related, having diversified only in the last 2,000 years when Madagascar was settled by an.
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2 days ago · Javanese ( / ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz / JAH-və-NEEZ, [3] / dʒævə -/ JAV-ə-, /- ˈniːs / -NEESS; [4] basa Jawa, Javanese script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: باسا جاوا, IPA: [bɔsɔ d͡ʒɔwɔ]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.
1 day ago · The north Mangyan languages are Alangan, Iraya, and Tadyawan; the South Mangyan languages are Buhid, Hanunoo, Tau-buid Eastern, and Tau-buid Western (Lewis et al. 2014). The Hanunoo have their own language, which belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian group. This is called the bagaw Mangyan (Mangyan language) or minangyan.
2 days ago · Hung, Hsiao-chun and Bellwood, Peter (To appear). Archaeological correlations for the dispersal of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia, Western Micronesia and Madagascar. In Alexander Adelaar & Antoinette Schapper (eds.), The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2 days ago · Many Polynesian cultures also have oral traditions related to the settling of the islands, and discuss migration via canoes. Throughout the discussion of creation stories and stories of arrival, Tanoui also places an emphasis on place-naming and language, including chants in native languages and English translations. This article would be ...
