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Malayo-Polynesian languages

(Encyclopedia)Malayo-Polynesian languages ôˌstrōnēˈzhən [key], family of languages estimated at from 300 to 500 tongues and understood by approximately 300 million people in Madagascar; the Malay Peninsula; I...

Oceanic languages

(Encyclopedia)Oceanic languages, aboriginal languages spoken in the region known as Oceania. If Oceania is restricted to the Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian islands, the indigenous tongues spoken on these i...

Polynesian languages

(Encyclopedia)Polynesian languages: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Southeast Asian languages

(Encyclopedia)Southeast Asian languages, family of languages, sometimes also called Austroasiatic, spoken in SE Asia by about 80 million people. According to one school of thought, it has three subfamilies: the Mon...

Tagalog

(Encyclopedia)Tagalog tägälˈ [key], dominant people of Luzon, the Philippines, and the second largest ethnolinguistic group in the Philippines. They number about 16 million. Most of the population is Christian. ...

Indonesian language

(Encyclopedia)Indonesian language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Javanese language

(Encyclopedia)Javanese language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Malagasy language

(Encyclopedia)Malagasy language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Malay language

(Encyclopedia)Malay language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Maori language

(Encyclopedia)Maori language: see Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...