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Major Austronesian languages include Malay (around 250–270 million in Indonesia alone in its own literary standard named "Indonesian"), [2] Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog [a], Malagasy and Cebuano. According to some estimates, the family contains 1,257 languages, which is the second most of any language family. [4]
Austronesian languages, family of languages spoken in most of the Indonesian archipelago; all of the Philippines, Madagascar, and the island groups of the Central and South Pacific (except for Australia and much of New Guinea); much of Malaysia; and scattered areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Taiwan.
This is a list of major and official Austronesian languages, a language family originating from Taiwan, that is widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia and Madagascar.
The Austronesian languages ( / ˌɔːstrəˈniːʒən /) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples ). They are spoken by about 386 million people (4.9% of the world population ).
Austronesian languages - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Contents. hide. Beginning. List of Austronesian languages. Austronesian languages. The Austronesian languages are a language family. They were originally spoken in Southeast Asia and on islands in the Pacific Ocean . List of Austronesian languages. Anus. Indonesian. Fijian.
As mentioned previously, some of the largest and best-known Austronesian languages—including Ilokano, Tagalog, Cebuano, Malay, Acehnese, Toba Batak, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Javanese, Balinese, Buginese, Makasarese, and Malagasy—are Western Malayo-Polynesian. Central Malayo-Polynesian (CMP)
Description. This is a revised edition of the 2009 The Austronesian languages, which was published as a paperback in the then Pacific Linguistics series (ISBN 9780858836020). This revision includes typographical corrections, an improved index, and various minor content changes.
