Examples of 'austronesian' in a sentence

Meaning of "austronesian"

Austronesian is an adjective used to describe a language family and the peoples who speak languages belonging to that family, which includes a large number of languages spoken in Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands
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  • Pertaining to the Austronesian language family.
  • Of or pertaining to Austronesia.
  • A speaker of an Austronesian language, especially a member of the ancient maritime culture that spread Austronesian languages across the Pacific from Taiwan.

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Austronesian linguistics has attracted considerable interest.
People were speaking austronesian languages.
Austronesian people make up the majority on the island.
Distribution of austronesian languages.
Austronesian speaking people.
All are members of the Austronesian language family.
Austronesian speaking peoples.
Most of them belong to Austronesian languages family.
Austronesian peoples consist of the following groupings by name and geographic location.
This is similar to the Austronesian expansion theory.
Austronesian languages have been spoken in the Philippines.
The first multihull vessels were Austronesian canoes.
In Austronesian there are often three distinct styles or registers.
Manuk means bird in various Austronesian languages.
Most populous Austronesian language by number of first language speakers.

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Taiwan is the urheimat of the Austronesian languages.
The migrations of Austronesian peoples and associated archaeological cultures.
Such distinction is relatively typical of Austronesian languages.
Belongs to the Austronesian family of languages.
Dayak languages are categorised as part of the Austronesian languages.
Austronesian languages have been spoken in the Philippines for thousands of years.
List of major and official Austronesian languages.
Austronesian groups live in the central and eastern parts of Halmahera.
A map depicting the expansion of Austronesian languages.
Austronesian people form the majority of the modern population of Indonesia.
The other group speaks an Austronesian language.
Other Austronesian languages commonly use reduplication to create plural forms.
It is a member of the Austronesian language family.
The rise and demise of possessive classifiers in Austronesian.
The internal structure of the Austronesian languages is complex.
Austronesian languages have been spoken within the Philippines for thousands of years.
This is atypical for an Austronesian language.
Malagasy is in the Austronesian language family and is the national language of Madagascar.
Indonesian is a language that does not have Austronesian alignment.
Satawalese is identified as an Austronesian language and is a member of the Truukic language subgroup.
Madagascar was initially habituated by Austronesian seafarers.
Malagasy belongs to the Austronesian languages and is the westernmost branch of the family.
Polynesian is a subset of the Austronesian people.
The Austronesian language has been considered a coherent field of study for some decades.
The language is part of the Austronesian language family.
The early Austronesian peoples considered the sea as the basic feature of their life.
Map of the expansion of Austronesian languages.
The Tagalog language has developed a unique vocabulary since its inception from its Austronesian roots.
Reminds me of the messy Austronesian directions.
It is an Austronesian language of the Celebic branch.
It is not found in other Austronesian groups.
Sikaiana is an Austronesian language in the Ellicean family.
A map showing the extent of the Austronesian expansion.
Tokelau is an Austronesian Island consisting of three atolls.
The islands were believed to be inhabited by Austronesian speaking settlers.

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