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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 ). [1] They are spoken by about 386 million people (4.9% of the world population ).
The Polynesian languages are a group of languages spoken in Oceania. They all belong in the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages. They are mostly spoken in Polynesia, but some are spoken in nearby Melanesia and Micronesia . There are around 30-40 Polynesian languages, with Samoan having the most speakers. [1]
The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. [1] The most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric language given national status in Brunei and Singapore while also the basis for national standards Malaysian in Malaysia and Indonesian in Indonesia.
Celebic languages (7 C, 7 P) Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages (2 C, 2 P) Chamorro language (1 C, 1 P)
The Malayo-Sumbawan languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian languages that unites the Malayic and Chamic languages with the languages of Java and the western Lesser Sunda Islands (western Indonesia ), except for Javanese (Adelaar 2005). [1] [2] If valid, it would be the largest demonstrated family of Malayo-Polynesian outside Oceanic.
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.
As línguas malaio-polinésias formam um subgrupo das línguas austronésias, com aproximadamente 351 milhões de falantes, espalhados por todas as nações e ilhas do Sueste Asiático e do oceano Pacífico ( Polinésia ), com um número menor que habita a Ásia continental. O malgaxe é um membro isolado da família, falado na África, na ilha ...
