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2 days ago · Samoan man carrying two containers over his shoulder The Javanese people of Indonesia are the largest Austronesian ethnic group. Austronesian peoples include the following groupings by name and geographic location (incomplete): Formosan: Taiwan (e.g., Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Paiwan, collectively known as Taiwanese indigenous peoples) Malayo ...
- c. 270 million (2020)
- c. 855,000 (2006)
- c. 24 million (2016)
- c. 109.3 million (2020)
Mar 22, 2024 · Austroasiatic languages, stock of some 150 languages spoken by more than 65 million people scattered throughout Southeast Asia and eastern India. Most of these languages have numerous dialects. Khmer, Mon, and Vietnamese are culturally the most important and have the longest recorded history.
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4 days ago · Their native language is Javanese, it is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers and also the largest regional language in Southeast Asia. The Javanese as the largest ethnic group in the region have dominated the historical, social, and political landscape in the past as well as in modern Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
- 95,217,022 (2010)
- c. 5,000,000 (including Malaysian citizens counted as "Malays")
- 21,700
- 102,000 (2019) (Javanese Surinamese)
Apr 9, 2024 · 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.
- One of the world's primary language families
Apr 6, 2024 · Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnicity and belong to the Mongoloid race, specifically the East-Eurasian genetic cluster. While Filipinos are a distinct ethnic group, it is important to note that race and ethnicity are separate concepts, and ethnicity refers to a shared cultural heritage and identity.
Apr 10, 2024 · Today, Taiwan recognizes a multiplicity of Indigenous and Chinese languages as part of Taiwanese society. Yet according to a recent poll released by the Professor Huang Kun-huei Education Foundation, 68.4 percent of those surveyed viewed “native” languages as in danger of disappearing. This referred to both Min Chinese languages, such as ...
Apr 3, 2024 · The Northern Mariana Islands were settled by Austronesian people around 1500 B.C. These people became the indigenous Chamorro and were influenced by later migrations, including of Micronesians in the first century A.D., and island Southeast Asians around 900. Spanish explorer Ferdinand MAGELLAN sailed through the Mariana Islands in 1521 and ...
