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The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (CMP) are a proposed branch in the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
The most prominent Polynesian languages, by number of speakers, are Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan, Māori and Hawaiian . The ancestors of modern Polynesians were Lapita navigators, who settled in the Tonga and Samoa areas about 3,000 years ago.
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The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ( CMP) are a proposed branch in the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages. Proto-Austronesian language. (Show more)
May 21, 2018 · Malayo-Polynesian languages (məlā´ō-pŏlĬnē´zhən), sometimes also called Austronesian languages (ô´strōnē´zhən), family of languages estimated at from 300 to 500 tongues and understood by approximately 300 million people in Madagascar; the Malay Peninsula [1]; Indonesia and New Guinea [2]; the Ph
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are found throughout much of eastern Indonesia, including the Lesser Sunda Islands from Sumbawa through Timor, and most of the Moluccas. Many of the changes that define this linguistic group cover most of the languages but do not reach the geographic extremes,… Read More. Home Geography & Travel Languages.
