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	AsiaFinest Discussion Forum -> Comprehensive Austronesian essay includes info on
		Austronesians ventured into the interior regions in some cases (especially in Island Southeast Asia), or conversely moved on to other less populated environments (as is the case in New Guinea).
		Austronesians are said to be fond of combining belief systems, indeed as early as 2000BP in the ¡¥Javanization¡¦ of the Hindu Bharata which followed the ¡¥Sanskritization¡¦ of ¡¥Jawa¡¦ culture (Supomo 1995).
		Austronesian cultures of Taiwan¡¦s southwest coastal area, including the Siraya who Shepherd (1995) documented, were involved in taking heads of rival communities for maintaining hunting territory, much in the same way as peoples of coastal New Guinea and Indonesia at the time of contact.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=22689 (10951 words)

	Austronesian Navigation and Migration
		Austronesian is a subset of the larger proposed Austric language family.
		Generally, Austronesians tend to have brown complexion, with dark, straight to wavy (sometimes frizzy) hair that is coarse and thick, and dark eyes.
		Austronesian navigators were also familar with methods of establishing latitude by various local charateristics of the sea and environment.
	www.geocities.com /pinatubo.geo/austro.htm (7733 words)

	Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Austronesian
		The Austronesian language family is one of the most widely, geographically distributed language groups extending from Madagascar in the west, Easter Island in the east, Hawai`i in the north and New Zealand in the south.
		The Austronesian language family comprises of four main branches: Atayalic, Paiwanic, Tsouic and Malayo-Polynesian, the first three of which are found on the island of Formosa (or Taiwan), and therefore placed beneath the top-level category "Formosan".
		Austronesian Partitives · cached · Research paper by Yuri A. Lander, aiming to broaden current theory on partitive constructions using data from Austronesian languages.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=143501 (365 words)

	Austronesian Vocabulary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Malay is spoken in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
		It started as a traders' lingua franca, combining words from the various local languages (which were pretty similar, being closely related members of one or two branches of the Austronesian family) and Dutch, Portuguese, English, Arabic, et cetera, and getting rid of most of the grammar.
		It is the Austronesian language that was spoken in Manila when the Philippines gained their independence from Spain; as the language of the capital it became the national standard.
	www.gbarto.com /languages/austronesian.html (790 words)

	Austronesian languages -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is a member of the Austronesian language phylum.
		The Austronesian, or Malayo-Polynesian, family is spoken from Madagascar, off the coast of Africa, to Hawaii.
		All of the approximately 70 indigenous languages and dialects belong to the Austronesian, or Malayo-Polynesian, family of languages.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9109806?tocId=9109806&query=tagalog (722 words)

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		Austronesian family Polynesian is a small subgroup of the language family called Austronesian (originally called Malayo-Polynesian).
		Austronesian family is the largest language family in the world, consisting of more than 900 languages.
		The most economical interpretation of the subgrouping of Austronesian is that the common ancestor of Oceanic probably entered Melanesia from East Indonesia via the north coast of New Guinea.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~yotsuka/course/345-ANF04.doc (487 words)

	Austronesian Languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(Austronesian means "southern islands" in Greek.) This massive language family boasts over 1,000 languages, making it the largest family in the world.
		Surprisingly, Malagasy, the official language of the nation of Madagascar, is part of the Austronesian family, despite its location thousands of miles away from core area of Austronesian speakers.
		Anthropologists believe that Austronesian speakers began migrating from their homeland in Southeast Asia about 3,000 or 4,000 years ago, and went on to settle almost all of the Pacific islands.
	www.concentric.net /~chanska/home/austro.html (251 words)

	Voice in Austronesian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On September 1, 1995, a workshop on 'Voice in Austronesian' was held as part of the SLE conference at Leiden University.
		The programme was quite full, not to say exhausting, but a delicious Austronesian dinner at the end of the long day - Padang food, a real treat - restored everyone to their senses.
		It is a very good thing that the organizers of the SLE conference made this workshop possible: good for its participants, good for Austronesian linguistics.
	iias.leidenuniv.nl /iiasn/iiasn6/southeas/austro.html (232 words)

	Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Austronesian: Conferences
		9th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics · cached · Registration details, speakers and abstracts for the 9th annual conference on Austronesian linguistics held in Canberra at Australian National University, January 8-11, 2002.
		10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics · cached · To be hosted by the Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International, 3-6 January 2006 in the Philippines.
		Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association Tenth Annual Meeting · cached · To be held at University of Hawai'i at Manoa, March 28-30, 2003.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=769759 (152 words)

	Oceania: Inside Austronesian Houses: Perspectives on Domestic Designs for Living (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Perhaps, one of the least explored themes in this volume on Austronesian houses is the concept of the house as a social group.
		While most authors make some reference to the house as a social unit, the tendency among the authors, with the notable exception of James Fox, is to view these units as either somewhat distorted `descent groups' or as loose `kinship groups'.
		Thus, notwithstanding Fox's efforts to situate this study of Austronesian houses in relation to Levi-Strauss' proposition that the 'house' represents `an intermediate [type of social] structure between elementary and complex structures' (p.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3654/is_199609/ai_n8737708 (1204 words)

	News Article - ATAYAL - The worldwide voice of the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan
		The 2004 Austronesian Cultural Festival kicked off yesterday in Taitung, eastern Taiwan, focusing on the mythologies, worship and ritual practices in Austronesian civilization.
		The annual festival, organized by the Taitung county government and the National Museum of Prehistory in Taitung City, is the fifth of its kind since the first was held in 2000.
		In addition to visiting an exhibition of artifacts, handicrafts and historical relics, festival-goers will also be able to get a better understanding of the movements of the Austronesian people and of their cultures.
	www.atayal.org /NewsView.asp?catID=48 (410 words)

	Articles - Austronesian languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Genealogical links have been proposed between Austronesian and the families of Southeast Asia in what is generally called an Austric phylum.
		It has been proposed that Japanese may be a distant relative of the Austronesian language family.
		The internal structure of the Austronesian languages is difficult to work out, as the family consists of many very similar and very closely related languages with large numbers of dialect continuums, making it difficult to recognize boundaries between branches.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Austronesian (689 words)

	Pacific islands archaeology
		The Austronesians were horticulturalists who transported root, tuber, and tree crops via their canoes, along with breeding stocks of domestic pigs, dog, and chickens.
		Based on linguistic and archaeological evidence, early Austronesian societies were characterized by some degree of internal ranking (especially between senior and junior branches of a descent line), but were probably heterarchical rather than hierarchical in structure.
		The origins of Oceanic ritual systems can be traced back to common Austronesian concepts of the sacredness of ancestors; these concepts later became elaborated as cults in which the highest chiefs were seen as directly descended from powerful gods, and hence essential to the continued well-being of the society at large.
	sscl.berkeley.edu /~oal/background/pacislands.htm (2673 words)

	Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
		These languages all belong to the Austronesian language family, which is the largest family in the world.
		These words correspond to basic items of vocabulary, such as simple verbs like 'to walk', or 'to fly', the names of body parts like hand or mouth, colors like red, numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) and kinship terms such as Mother, Father and Person.
		If you have data for an Austronesian, Trans New Guinea / Papaun / Indo-Pacific or Australian language or dialect that are not here, please help us out.
	language.psy.auckland.ac.nz (343 words)

	LINGUIST List 14.2376: General Ling/Austronesian; Computational Ling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Information on the special session: The Syntax of Adjuncts in Austronesian languages Analyses of clause structure in Austronesian languages are well-known for the controversy concerning the applicability and universality of the notion ''subject''.
		The purpose of the special session is to further the empirical coverage of current theoretical work by extending it to Austronesian languages.
		We welcome the submission of abstracts that bring data from Austronesian languages to bear on theoretical issues in the syntax of adjuncts.
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/14/14-2376.html (1236 words)

	Keywords » Austronesian
		Where the real confusion comes in is in the issue of Aboriginal languages, generally referred to as “Austronesian” langauges.
		(Most of them are categorized as Formosan Austronesian, with the exception of Yami, which is Malayo-Polynesian Austronesian.) At the end of World War II there were 17 Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan.
		There are about 400,000 Aborigines altogether, but, as a result of decades of Mandarin-only language policy (in effect until the early 1990s), the younger generation has very limited ability in their mother tounge.
	keywords.oxus.net /archives/2003/10/04/austronesian (1235 words)

	The 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics
		The 10th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (10-ICAL) will be hosted by the Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International, 17-20 January 2006 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, the Philippines.
		A final Dinner with Epic Performance is scheduled for an additional charge of $20 on the evening of Friday, 20 January, at the Kamarikutan Gallery in Puerto Princesa City.
		In relation to the papers presented on "Epics in Austronesian languages and cultures," participants will have the privilege of listening to singers of tales in performance, coming from the highlands of Palawan and Mindanao, and the island of Tawi-Tawi.
	www.sil.org /asia/philippines/ical.html (812 words)

	LINGUIST List 11.66: Quantitative Ling, Austronesian Formal Ling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a matter of policy, LINGUIST discourages the use of abbreviations or acronyms in conference announcements unless they are explained in the text.
		Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association 7th Annual Meeting (AFLA 7) Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 11-13 May, 2000 www.let.vu.nl:8100/~afla/ Abstract deadline: 1 February 2000 Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2000 IMPORTANT: BOOK YOUR HOTEL SOON!
		Abstracts are invited for 30 minute talks (20 minute presentations + 10 minute question period) on any aspect of formal linguistics (e.g., phonology, phonetics, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, language contact) of any Austronesian language.
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/11/11-66.html (1317 words)

	Ethnologue report for Taiwan
		West central coast and inland, Tatu and Choshui rivers and beyond, around 24 degrees north.
		Classification: Austronesian, Western Plains, Central Western Plains Nearly extinct.
		Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Philippine, Bashiic-Central Luzon-Northern Mindoro, Bashiic, Yami
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Taiwan (896 words)

	Languages > Oceanic & Austronesian Languages > Arrernte > Australian Books
		Languages > Oceanic and Austronesian Languages > Arrernte > Australian Books
		Australian Books > Languages > Oceanic and Austronesian Languages
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	www.netstore.com.au /books/2P.shtml (206 words)

	LINGUIST List 2.54: Textbook, Austronesian Conf, Arabic proverbs
		LINGUIST List 2.54: Textbook, Austronesian Conf, Arabic proverbs
		I keep on looking for the holy grail: a good textbook for a graduate level introduction to linguistics.
		Is anyone going to the International Austronesian Conference in Hawaii in May that would like to share accomodations?
	www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de /linguist/issues/2/2-54.html (322 words)

	Austronesian Partitives (ResearchIndex) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Partitives in a few Austronesian languages present evidence for the head-argument semantic structure.
		Abstract: This paper discusses partitive constructions in a few Austronesian languages, which suggest, it is argued, that the embedded phrase in partitives serves as an argument of the numeral (or the numeral classifier), and not as its modifier.
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	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /lander01austronesian.html (239 words)

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