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18 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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4 days ago · Pohnpeian is a Micronesian language spoken as the indigenous language of the island of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands.Pohnpeian has approximately 30,000 (estimated) native speakers living in Pohnpei and its outlying atolls and islands with another 10,000-15,000 (estimated) living off island in parts of the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam.
- 29,000 (2001)
- Pohnpei
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2 days ago · Classification. Tagalog is a Northern Philippine language within the Austronesian language family. Being Malayo-Polynesian, it is related to other Austronesian languages, such as Malagasy, Javanese, Indonesian, Malay, Tetum (of Timor), and Yami (of Taiwan). [4]
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5 days ago · Pangasinan The Pangasinan language is native to an area in the northwest of the Philippines, where it has 2.4 million first language speakers. It has a number of close relatives in linguistic terms, including Ibaloi, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, Hawaiian and Malagasy. Speakers account for 2.91% of the Filipino population.
4 days ago · Languages of the Malayan Peoples – With the exception of the Negrito, all the languages of the Philippines belong to one great family, which has been called the “Malayo-Polynesian.” All are believed to be derived from one very ancient mother-tongue. It is astonishing how widely these Malayo-Polynesian tongues have spread.
3 days ago · The original name of Cagayan was “Catagayan,” which means “the place where the tagay grows” in the Malayo-Polynesian language. Over time, “Catagayan” was shortened to “Cagayan.” Linguists also suggest that “Cagayan” originated from an ancient lost word that means “river,” as the region is known for its prominent river ...
