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1 day ago · The term "Austronesian", or more accurately "Austronesian-speaking peoples", came to refer to people who speak the languages of the Austronesian language family. Some authors, however, object to the use of the term to refer to people, as they question whether there really is any biological or cultural shared ancestry between all Austronesian ...
2 days ago · With more than 100 million people, Javanese people are the largest ethnic group in both Indonesia and in Southeast Asia as a whole. 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.
2 days ago · Those considering themselves citizens of the People's Republic of China dipped from 9.4% in 2008 to 6.5% this year. In the first year, the option was included, 24.1% of 2024 respondents listed themselves as Austronesian. This is more than 10 times higher than the 2.3% of the population listed by the government as of Indigenous heritage.
4 days ago · - Researchers - ANU. The Austronesian dispersal: languages, technologies, people. Citation. Pawley, A 2002, 'The Austronesian dispersal: languages, technologies, people', in Peter Bellwood & Colin Renfrew (ed.), Examining the farming / language dispersal hypothesis, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, pp. 149-172. Year. 2002.
3 days ago · According to a 2021 genetic study, Austronesians, either from Southern China or Taiwan, were found to have come to the Philippines in at least two distinct waves. The first, occurring perhaps between 10,000 and 7,000 years ago, brought the ancestors of indigenous groups that today live around the Cordillera Central mountain range.
5 days ago · - Researchers - ANU. Austronesian Prehistory in Southeast Asia: Homeland, Expansion and Transformation. Citation. Bellwood, P 2004, 'Austronesian Prehistory in Southeast Asia: Homeland, Expansion and Transformation', in Peter Bellwood (ed.), The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, ANU ePress, Australia, pp. 102-118. Year. 2004.
5 days ago · The Li ethnic group, with a population of 1.11 million (as of 1999), mainly resides in Hainan Province, China's second largest island next only to Taiwan. The Lis have no written script. Their spoken language belongs to the Zhuang-Dong Austronesian of the Chinese-Tibetan Phylum. But many of them now speak the Chinese language.
