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austronesian

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Aus⋅tro⋅ne⋅sian

  [aw-stroh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn]
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–noun
1. Also called Malayo-Polynesian. a family of languages spoken in the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Madagascar, and Oceania.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Austronesia or the Austronesian family of languages; Malayo-Polynesian.
Origin:
1900–05; Austronesi(a) + -an
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Aus·tro·ne·sian   (ô'strō-nē'zhən, -shən)   
adj.  Of or relating to Austronesia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
n.  A family of languages that includes the Formosan, Indonesian, Malay, Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian subfamilies.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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