Austronesian Definition
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Austronesian
adj
- 1. A geographically very widespread language family which includes around 700 languages divided into two main groups ― the western group of approximately 400 languages spoken in Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and W New Guinea, and the smaller eastern group spoken in Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
- 1. Belonging, relating or referring to the languages that form this group.
