- The
Malayo-Polynesian
languages are a
subgroup of the
Austronesian languages, with
approximately 385.5
million speakers. The
Malayo-Polynesian languages...
- Dʉmʉna (also
known as
Malayo or Wiwa) is a
Chibchan language spoken by the
indigenous Wiwa
people on the
southern and
eastern slopes of
Sierra Nevada de...
- Proto-
Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the
reconstructed ancestor of the
Malayo-Polynesian languages,
which is by far the
largest branch (by
current speakers)...
- The Central–Eastern
Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP)
languages form a
proposed branch of the
Malayo-Polynesian
languages consisting of over 700
languages (Blust...
- The
Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) languages, also
known as the
Hesperonesian languages, are a
paraphyletic grouping of
Austronesian languages that includes...
- the
Taiwan mainland (including its offs**** Yami language)
belong to the
Malayo-Polynesian (sometimes
called Extra-Formosan) branch. Most
Austronesian languages...
-
erroneous inclusion of Maldivian), and the
language family came to be
known as "
Malayo-Polynesian",
first coined by the
German linguist Franz Bopp in 1841 (German:...
- The
Malayo-Sumbawan
languages are a
proposed subgroup of the
Austronesian languages that
unites the
Malayic and
Chamic languages with the
languages of...
- Taiwan. Lower-level
reconstructions have also been made, and
include Proto-
Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian. Recently,
linguists such...
- Chamic, and
Sundanese languages, it is
incompatible with
Alexander Adelaar's
Malayo-Sumbawan hypothesis.
Blust connects the GNB
expansion with the migration...
