Austronesian peoples - Wikipedia
WebThe Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.
Austronesian languages - Wikipedia
WebThe Austronesian languages (/ ˌ ɔː s t r ə ˈ n iː ʒ ən /) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken by about 386 million people (4.9% of the world population). This ...
Austronesian languages | Origin, History, Language Map, & Facts
WebAustronesian languages, family of languages spoken in most of the Indonesian archipelago; all of the Philippines, Madagascar, and the island groups of the Central and South Pacific (except for Australia and much of New Guinea); much of Malaysia; and scattered areas of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Taiwan.
Austronéské jazyky – Wikipedie
WebAustronéské jazyky. Rozšíření austronéských jazyků. Červeně malajsko-polynéská větev, fialově všechny ostatní (formosanské). Rozšíření. ostrovy jihovýchodní Asie, Malajsie, Vietnam a Kambodža, Madagaskar, Oceánie a Nový Zéland. Počet mluvčích. zhruba 350 milionů. Počet jazyků.
Austronesian languages - Classification, Prehistory, Diversity
WebAs mentioned previously, some of the largest and best-known Austronesian languages—including Ilokano, Tagalog, Cebuano, Malay, Acehnese, Toba Batak, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Javanese, Balinese, Buginese, Makasarese, and Malagasy—are Western Malayo-Polynesian.
Linguistics locates the beginnings of the Austronesian expansion …
WebAug 16, 2022 · The study of Indigenous languages spoken in maritime South-East Asia today has shed new light on the beginnings of the Austronesian expansion. This was the last major migration of people...
Classification of Austronesian languages | Britannica
WebAustronesian languages, formerly Malayo-Polynesian languages , Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, the central and southern Pacific island groups (except most of New Guinea; see Papuan languages), and parts of mainland Southeast Asia and the island of Taiwan.
Reconstructing Austronesian population history in Island ... - Nature
WebAug 19, 2014 · Nature Communications - Populations speaking Austronesian languages are numerous and widespread, but their history remains controversial. Here, the authors analyse genetic data from Southeast...
The prehistory of the Austronesian-speaking peoples: A view …
WebJournal of World Prehistory - Prior to the European colonial expansions of the past several centuries the Austronesian (AN) language family had the greatest geographical extent of any on earth,...
Chapter 1. The Austronesians in History: Common Origins and …
WebAustronesian societies, likewise, have varied greatly in these regards in the past. Yet for all of them there exist linguistic, biological and archaeological evidence that indicate varying degrees of common origin traceable back for a time depth of perhaps 6000 years.
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