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The Batanic languages (sometimes also called Bashiic or Ivatanic) are a dialect cluster of the Austronesian language family. They are spoken on Babuyan Island, just north of Luzon; three of the Batanes Islands, between the Philippines and Taiwan; and on Orchid Island of southern Taiwan. The varieties in the Philippines are called Ivatan (also ...
Ilocano (also Ilokano; / iːloʊˈkɑːnoʊ /; [6] Ilocano: Pagsasao nga Ilokano) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines, primarily by Ilocano people and as a lingua franca by the Igorot people and also by the native settlers of Cagayan Valley. It is the third most-spoken native language in the country.
Overview. Magi is a non-Austronesian language spoken by upwards of 6000 people living on the islands of Mailu, Laluoru, Loupomu and Eunuoro and along the south coast between Cape Rodney and mid-Orangerie Bay of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. It is often referred to as 'Mailu' as one of the major villages speaking this language is the ...
Language codes. ISO 639-3. mhz. Glottolog. morm1235. ELP. Mor (Mor Islands, Indonesia) Mor or Moor is a tonal Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih branch (Geelvink Bay) of Indonesian Papua. Its dialects are Ayombai, Hirom, and Kama.
The Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) languages, also known as the Hesperonesian languages, are a paraphyletic grouping of Austronesian languages that includes those Malayo-Polynesian languages that do not belong to the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) branch. This includes all Austronesian languages spoken in Madagascar, Mainland ...
The Moklenic or Moken–Moklen languages consist of a pair of two closely related but distinct languages, namely Moken and Moklen. Larish (1999) establishes the two languages as forming two distinct subgroups of a larger Moken–Moklen branch. Larish (2005) [1] suggests Moklenic as an alternative name for Moken–Moklen, the latter term which ...
Austronesian–Ongan is a controversial proposed language family that would include the Ongan and Austronesian language families. The proposal was first proposed by Juliette Blevins in 2007. Ongan is a small family of two attested languages in the Andaman Islands, while Austronesian is one of the largest language families in the world ...
