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Major languages. All major and official Austronesian languages belong to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup. Malayo-Polynesian languages with more than five million speakers are: Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog, Malagasy, Malay, Cebuano, Madurese, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, and Minangkabau .
The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member is Malay , a pluricentric language given national status in Brunei and Singapore while also the basis for national standards Malaysian in Malaysia and Indonesian in Indonesia .
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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.
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.
Today five Malayo-Polynesian languages have official status in five important states: Malagasy, in Madagascar; Malay, in Malaysia; Indonesian (also called Bahasa Indonesia, and based on Malay), in Indonesia; Pilipino (based on Tagalog), in the Philippines; and Maori, in New Zealand.
Sep 6, 1999 · MALAYO-POLYNESIAN (AUSTRONESIAN) INDONESIAN: MICRONESIAN: MELANESIAN: POLYNESIAN: Major. Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Tagalog, Visayan, Malagasy: Minor Languages: Minangkagau, Achinese, Batak, Buginese, Balinese, Panagasian, Igorot, Maranoa, Jaria, Rhode: Marshallese, Gilbertese, Chamorro, Panapean, Yapese, Palau ...
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages. [1] There are about 385.5 million people who speak these languages. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian people of the island nations of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
