Austronesian peoples - Wikipedia He classified the peoples of Austronesia into two groups: the "Malayo-Polynesians" (roughly equivalent to the Austronesian peoples) and the "Kelænonesians" (roughly equivalent to the Australo-Melanesians)
Austronesian languages | Origin, History, Language Map, Facts . . . Austronesian 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
Journal Austronesia Journal Austronesia (JA) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal published by the Center for Prehistory and Austronesian Studies (CPAS) in Indonesia
The Austronesian Dispersal and the Origin of Languages The Austronesian languages of the Pacific spread across 10,000 kilometers of coastline and sea within 1,500 years, the fastest and widest expansion of prehistoric times Farmers led the way
A Look Back: Art of the Austronesians: The Legacy of Indo-Pacific . . . “In prehistoric times Austronesian-speaking people covered half the globe in the Pacific and Indian oceans, and they did it all in sailing canoes long before Europeans ventured into open oceans,” noted Roy W Hamilton, former Senior Curator of Asian Pacific Collections Austronesian is the name of a language family: it is derived from austral, meaning “southern,” and nesia
Austronesian - (Intro to World Geography) - Fiveable Austronesian refers to a large family of languages and the peoples who speak them, originating from Taiwan and spreading throughout the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans This group includes numerous languages such as Tagalog, Malay, and Hawaiian, and is significant for its cultural and historical influence in South and Southeast Asia, as well as in the Pacific region
Austronesian peoples - Wikiwand In 2009, Roger Blench compiled an expanded map of Austronesia that encompassed these claims based on a variety of evidence, such as historical accounts, loanwords, introduced plants and animals, genetics, archeological sites, and material culture
Austronesian languages - Wikipedia The Austronesian languages overall possess phoneme inventories which are smaller than the world average Around 90% of the Austronesian languages have inventories of 19–25 sounds (15–20 consonants and 4–5 vowels), thus lying at the lower end of the global typical range of 20–37 sounds However, extreme inventories are also found, such as Nemi (New Caledonia) with 43 consonants [11