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17 hours ago · Codrington coined and used the term "Ocean" language family rather than "Malayo-Polynesian" in 1891, in opposition to the exclusion of Melanesian and Micronesian languages. This was adopted by Ray, who defined the "Oceanic" language family as encompassing the languages of Southeast Asia and Madagascar, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.
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17 hours ago · Kiribati contains three ecosystems: Central Polynesian tropical moist forests, Eastern Micronesia tropical moist forests, and Western Polynesian tropical moist forests. Because of the relatively young geological age of the islands and atolls and the high level of soil salination, the flora of Kiribati is somewhat unhealthy. The Gilbert Islands ...
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17 hours ago · Malang (/ m ɒ ˈ l ɒ ŋ /; Javanese: ꦏꦸꦛꦩꦭꦁ, romanized: Kutha Malang), historically known as Tumapel, is an inland city in the Indonesian province of East Java.It has a history dating back to the age of the Singhasari Kingdom.
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17 hours ago · Malayo-Polynesian: Maluku, Indonesia: before 1974: Cacaopera: Misumalpan: El Salvador: after 1973: Môa Remo: Panoan: Along the Môa River of Amazonas, Peru: A word list was created in 1973. By 1974 Dicamay Agta: Malayo-Polynesian: Luzon, Philippines: The Dicamay Agta were killed by Ilokano homesteaders sometime between 1957 and 1974. 9 October ...
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17 hours ago · Spanish is spoken natively by 82.6% of the population, Quechua by 13.9%, and Aymara by 1.7%, while other languages are spoken by the remaining 1.8%. Spanish language is used by the government and is the mainstream language of the country, which is used by the media and in educational systems and commerce.
17 hours ago · Akkadian (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, romanized: Akkadû) is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa, Babylonia and perhaps Dilmun) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Assyrians and Babylonians from the 8th century BC.
