Austronesian
Malay-Polynesian linguistic group
Austronesian refers to a vast family of languages spoken across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Madagascar to Hawaii, Taiwan to New Zealand.
The family includes Malay, Tagalog, Hawaiian, and Maori, among hundreds of others.
As a noun, an Austronesian is a member of any of the peoples who speak these languages: Austronesian seafarers settled islands across thousands of miles of open ocean.
Boat-balancing lateral float
- voyagingTraveling long distances
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- tattooingInjecting pigment under skin
- kavaSedative Pacific Island drink
taboo · mana · luau · ancestor veneration · oral tradition · seafaring · canoe building · navigation
Philippine national language
Related tongues from one source
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- reduplicationMorphological doubling process
- OceanicOf the Pacific islands
Disputed East Asian island-state
- PolynesiaEastern Oceania's island groups
- MelanesiaPacific island subregion
- MicronesiaPacific island region
- MadagascarAfrican island republic
Philippines · Indonesia · Malaysia · Oceania · Pacific Islands · Borneo · Sumatra · New Zealand
What initiates action
- affixationBinding morphemes to stems
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- transitivityRelation that chains through
outrigger
Boat-balancing lateral float
- voyagingTraveling long distances
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- tattooingInjecting pigment under skin
kava · taboo · mana · luau · ancestor veneration · oral tradition · seafaring · canoe building · navigation
Tagalog
Philippine national language
Javanese · Samoan · Tongan · Fijian · Indonesian · Tahitian · Balinese
language family
Related tongues from one source
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- reduplicationMorphological doubling process
Taiwan
Disputed East Asian island-state
- PolynesiaEastern Oceania's island groups
- MelanesiaPacific island subregion
- MicronesiaPacific island region
Madagascar · Philippines · Indonesia · Malaysia · Oceania · Pacific Islands · Borneo · Sumatra · New Zealand
trigger
What initiates action
- affixationBinding morphemes to stems
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- transitivityRelation that chains through
Austronesiancontinental
Of a continent
landlocked · Indo-European · Eurasian · African · interior