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Austronesian

[ aw-stroh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

noun

  1. Also called Malayo-Polynesian. a family of languages spoken in the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Madagascar, and Oceania.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Austronesia or the Austronesian family of languages; Malayo-Polynesian.

Austronesian

/ ˌɒstrəʊˈniːʒən; -ʃən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages

noun

  1. another name for Malayo-Polynesian

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Austronesian1

First recorded in 1900–05; Austronesi(a) + -an

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Example Sentences

The Austronesian languages spread from these areas over thousands of miles beyond.

All subsequent migrations were of Austronesian-speaking peoples from Indonesia.

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