- The
Malayo-Polynesian
languages are a
subgroup of the
Austronesian languages, with
approximately 385.5
million speakers. The
Malayo-Polynesian languages...
- The Central–Eastern
Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP)
languages form a
proposed branch of the
Malayo-Polynesian
languages consisting of over 700
languages (Blust...
-
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:...
- Proto-
Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the
reconstructed ancestor of the
Malayo-Polynesian languages,
which is by far the
largest branch (by
current speakers)...
- The
islands of Indonesia, also
known as the
Indonesian Archipelago (Ke****uan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may
refer either to the
islands composing the country...
- the
Taiwan mainland (including its offs**** Yami language)
belong to the
Malayo-Polynesian (sometimes
called Extra-Formosan) branch. Most
Austronesian languages...
- The
Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) languages, also
known as the
Hesperonesian languages, are a
paraphyletic grouping of
Austronesian languages that includes...
- Wabo is a
Malayo-Polynesian
language of Papua, Indonesia. Wabo at
Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
- "Binturong" is its
common name in Borneo, and is
related to the
Western Malayo-Polynesian root "ma-tuRun". In Riau, it is
called "benturong" and "tenturun"...
- Taiwan. Lower-level
reconstructions have also been made, and
include Proto-
Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian. Recently,
linguists such...
