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	Oceanic subgroups
		He maintains that speakers of languages outside the Western Oceanic group migrated from the area in which POC was spoken, and that the languages of the Western Oceanic group evolved by a process of dialect differentiation from that point on.
		Dyen (1978) had argued alternatively that these languages group more closely with those of western Indonesia, but now even the existence of a CMP group has been brought into question by Grimes (1991).
		Austronesian languages are spoken from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island in the east, and from Taiwan and Hawaii in the north to New Zealand in the south.
	www.tlg.uci.edu /~opoudjis/Work/Oceanic_guide.html (5840 words)

	Oceanic subgroups
		He maintains that speakers of languages outside the Western Oceanic group migrated from the area in which POC was spoken, and that the languages of the Western Oceanic group evolved by a process of dialect differentiation from that point on.
		Dyen (1978) had argued alternatively that these languages group more closely with those of western Indonesia, but now even the existence of a CMP group has been brought into question by Grimes (1991).
		Austronesian languages are spoken from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island in the east, and from Taiwan and Hawaii in the north to New Zealand in the south.
	www.tlg.uci.edu /~opoudjis/Work/Oceanic_guide.html (5840 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Austronesian Languages
		The 237 Western Oceanic languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Indonesia.
		In general, the Austronesian languages use affixes (suffixes, infixes, prefixes) attached to base words to modify the meaning or to indicate the function of the word in the sentence.
		The languages of Australia (Aboriginal languages) and most of New Guinea (Papuan languages), however, are not part of this family.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553922/Austronesian_Languages.html (645 words)

	Bicolano language resources
		Bicolano is classified as a Central Philippine language, which is a sub-branch of the Meso Philippine â“ Western Malayo-Polynesian languages.
		...region had their own culture and language, and would rather speak in their local languages.
		The inhabitants are of Bicolano descent with Bikol as the main language.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Bicolano.html (1166 words)

	Gayo language - Psychology Central
		It is classified as belonging to the Western Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages.
		id:Bahasa Gayo Bahasa Gayo is the spoken language of about 180,000 people (1989) in the mountain region of North Sumatra around Takengon, Genteng, and Lokon.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Gayo_language (110 words)

	Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) (from Austronesian languages) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The Slavic languages are a group of related languages within the Indo-European family.
		From their origins in East-Central Europe, the Slavic languages spread widely and are now spoken throughout most of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, parts of Central Europe, and the northern portion of Asia.
		English is the national language of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-75198 (856 words)

	Malayo-Polynesian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Malayo-Polynesian (MP) languages are divided into two major subgroups, the Western MP and the Central-Eastern MP.
		The Malayo-Polynesian languages tend to use reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word) to express the plural, and like other Austronesian languages have a low entropy ; that is, a text is quite repetitive in terms of the frequency of sounds.
		All of the said languages have official status in the countries and territories of the Pacific Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malayo-Polynesian_languages (856 words)

	JAKWEB.COM IndonesiaONE.Net > East Nusatenggara > Languages
		Central Flores, northeast of Ngad'a, on the northern and western slopes of Ebu Lobo volcano.
		South central Flores, between Ngad'a and Nage in Kecamatan Golewa in the administrative villages of Sara Sedu, Taka Tunga, Sanga Deto, and in Kecamatan Boawae in desa Rowa, all in Kabupaten Ngada.
		South central Flores, east of Ngad'a, south of Nage, south and southeast of the volcano Ebu Lobo.
	www.jakweb.com /id/ntt/language/language4_1.htm (856 words)

	Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		More than 170 languages are spoken in the Philippines and almost all of them belong to the Western Malayo-Polynesian language group of the Austronesian language family.
		The official languages are Filipino (largely based on Tagalog) and American English.
		Under the Constitution of 1987, the national language is Filipino while the official languages are Filipino and English.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippines (856 words)

	Reference.com/Web Search/eastern malayo-polynesian
		The family of Eastern Malayo - Polynesian languages is a subgroup of the...
		The family of Central Eastern Malayo - Polynesian languages is a subgroup of the
		Western Malayo - Polynesian and Eastern Malayo - Polynesian.
	www.reference.com /search?q=eastern+malayo-polynesian (856 words)

	StressTyp
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip,Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D'Entrecasteaux,Are-Taupota, Taupota.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, MesoMelanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-SolominicPatpatar-Tolai.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North NewGuinea, Huon Gulf, North.
	www.let.uu.nl /~Anne-Marie.Mineur/personal/TD_Project/stresstyp-metadata.html (856 words)

	Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: Geographical / Classification Search
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Borneo, Barito, East, Central-South, South.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, New Georgia, East.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, East Fijian.
	language.psy.auckland.ac.nz /gsearch.php (856 words)

	Ethnologue: Solomon Islands
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, New Georgia, West.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Longgu.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Gela-Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Solo.html (856 words)

	Cebuano language -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		All of the approximately 70 indigenous languages and dialects belong to the Austronesian, or Malayo-Polynesian, family of languages.
		also spelled Sebuano, also called Sugbuhanon, member of the Western, or Indonesian, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family.
		They belong to the Indonesian branch of the Austronesian family and are subdivided into two main subgroups—the central (or Mesophilippine) division and the northern (or Cordilleran) division—with a number of other member languages forming smaller groups or remaining unclassified.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article%3FtocId%3D9021958 (856 words)

	Malayo-Polynesian languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Malayo-Polynesian (MP) languages are divided into two major subgroups, the Western MP and the Central-Eastern MP.
		The Malayo-Polynesian languages tend to use reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word) to express the plural, and like other Austronesian languages have a low entropy; that is, a text is quite repetitive in terms of the frequency of sounds.
		Eastern Malayo-Polynesian has two traditional subgroups: Polynesian and Micronesian.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malayo-Polynesian_languages (239 words)

	Wikipedia free encyclopedia
		(There is historical evidence of Austronesian languages on the mainland, from Fujian province to the Shandong peninsula, several millennia ago.) Below is a consensus opinion of Malayo-Polynesian, with the Western Malayo-Polynesian classification based on Fay Wouk and Malcolm Ross (ed.), The history and typology of western Austronesian voice systems, Australian National University, 2002.
		The Malayo-Polynesian languages tend to use reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word - such as wiki - wiki), and, like many East and Southeast Asian languages, have highly restrictive phonotactics, with small numbers of phonemes and predominantly consonant-vowel syllables, so that texts are quite repetitive in terms of the frequency of sounds.
		Austronesian is one of the largest language families in the world, both in terms of number of languages (1244 according to Ethnologue) and in terms of the geographical extent of the homelands of its languages (from Madagascar to Easter Island).
	recipes.paellaman.com /encyclopedia.php?title=Austronesian_language (239 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Austronesian Languages
		Austronesian Languages, (formerly also referred to as Malayo-Polynesian languages), one of the world's largest language families, both in terms of numbers of languages—exceeding 1,200—and geographical spread—from Madagascar to Easter Island and Hawaii.
		The Austronesian languages are divided into two branches: Malayo-Polynesian (1,239 languages) and Formosan (23 languages).
		The 237 Western Oceanic languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Indonesia.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553922/Austronesian_Languages.html (645 words)

	MAORI LANGUAGE - MAORI LANGUAGE - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		There is rather less relation with the western Polynesian languages in Tonga, Samoa, and Niue, and still less to the Melanesian languages of Fiji.
		The Maori language of New Zealand is a Malayo-Polynesian language, a family of languages commonly divided into four sub-families, namely, Indonesian, Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian.
		The New Zealand Maori language is part of the Polynesian sub-family of languages which form a very closely related group spoken for the most part within the Polynesian triangle.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/M/MaoriLanguage/en (645 words)

	Ethnologue report for Papua New Guinea
		Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Patpatar-Tolai Nearly extinct.
		Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern, Southeast Islands
		Of those, 820 are living languages and 10 are extinct.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Papua+New+Guinea (645 words)

	MAORI LANGUAGE - MAORI LANGUAGE - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		There is rather less relation with the western Polynesian languages in Tonga, Samoa, and Niue, and still less to the Melanesian languages of Fiji.
		The New Zealand Maori language is part of the Polynesian sub-family of languages which form a very closely related group spoken for the most part within the Polynesian triangle.
		Thus Maori speech is a dialect of the language spoken throughout Polynesia and hence conveniently called the Polynesian language.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/M/MaoriLanguage/en (645 words)

	ChamorroBible.org - The Chamorro Bible: Y Salmo Sija, Y Cuatro Ebangelio Sija, Y Checho Y Apostoles Sija
		The language's family tree or classification is Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Chamorro.
		ikely tutored in the Chamorro language by José Mendiola Taitano, Francis Marion Price, assisted by five unidentified Chamorros in Guåhan – Guam, translated The Four Gospels, The Acts of the Apostles, and The Psalms, from the Hebrew and Greek languages to the Chamorro (Chamoru) language.
		The Chamorro Language of Guam: A Grammar of the Idiom Spoken by the Inhabitants of the Marianne or Ladrones, Islands.
	chamorrobible.org (810 words)

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		A family may consist of a number of languages, all with their own subgroups, but all are related to one original strain of language.
		The lesser languages of Telugu, Tamil, Kanarese and Malayalam are all branches of the Dravidian family.
		The Altaic family as of late has been grouped with the Finno-Ugric group from western Asia and the resulting Ural-Altaic group, which contains sounds such as mi mu, yo ya, and hi fu, is related to modern day Japanese and Korean.
	www.csun.edu /~lg48405/virtual/gtrack/tnakamur/lit_review.html (810 words)

	Malayo-Polynesian languages Western - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malayo-Polynesian_languages_Western (37 words)

	UH Press Journals: Oceanic Linguistics, vol. 40, no. 1 (2001)
		The Mangarevan language of the Gambier Islands, situated between Tahiti and Easter Island,displays one of the largest collections of doublets among the forty-odd Polynesian languages.
		This squib adds two new pieces of evidence for a Malayo-Polynesian subgroup that are of this type.
		Although the Fijian languages and Rotuman are thought to be closely related genetically, and are all accusative languages, considerable differences are observed in their case-marking strategies.
	www.uhpress.hawaii.edu /journals/ol/OL401.html (37 words)

	Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: Geographical / Classification Search
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, New Georgia, West.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, New Georgia, East.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Micronesian, Nauruan.
	language.psy.auckland.ac.nz /gsearch.php (37 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Austronesian Languages
		By far the largest sub-group, the Malayo-Polynesian languages are further split into three branches: Central-Eastern, Western Malayo-Polynesian, and two Unclassified languages.
		Within the Central-Eastern branch are: Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, including many languages spoken in Indonesia and Timor; and Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages, which includes the Oceanic and Halmahera-West New Guinea languages.
		Austronesian Languages, (formerly also referred to as Malayo-Polynesian languages), one of the world's largest language families, both in terms of numbers of languages—exceeding 1,200—and geographical spread—from Madagascar to Easter Island and Hawaii.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553922/Austronesian_Languages.html (37 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Austronesian Languages
		Within the Central-Eastern branch are: Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, including many languages spoken in Indonesia and Timor; and Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages, which includes the Oceanic and Halmahera-West New Guinea languages.
		The Austronesian languages are divided into two branches: Malayo-Polynesian (1,239 languages) and Formosan (23 languages).
		The 237 Western Oceanic languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Indonesia.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553922/Austronesian_Languages.html (645 words)

	MAORI LANGUAGE - MAORI LANGUAGE - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		There is rather less relation with the western Polynesian languages in Tonga, Samoa, and Niue, and still less to the Melanesian languages of Fiji.
		The Maori language of New Zealand is a Malayo-Polynesian language, a family of languages commonly divided into four sub-families, namely, Indonesian, Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian.
		The New Zealand Maori language is part of the Polynesian sub-family of languages which form a very closely related group spoken for the most part within the Polynesian triangle.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/M/MaoriLanguage/en (399 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Austronesian Languages
		Austronesian Languages, (formerly also referred to as Malayo-Polynesian languages), one of the world's largest language families, both in terms of numbers of languages—exceeding 1,200—and geographical spread—from Madagascar to Easter Island and Hawaii.
		The 237 Western Oceanic languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Indonesia.
		These languages fall into the following three groups: Admiralty Islands; Central-Eastern Oceanic; and Western Oceanic.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553922/Austronesian_Languages.html (645 words)

	UH Press Journals: Oceanic Linguistics, vol. 40, no. 1 (2001)
		The Mangarevan language of the Gambier Islands, situated between Tahiti and Easter Island,displays one of the largest collections of doublets among the forty-odd Polynesian languages.
		This squib adds two new pieces of evidence for a Malayo-Polynesian subgroup that are of this type.
		Although the Fijian languages and Rotuman are thought to be closely related genetically, and are all accusative languages, considerable differences are observed in their case-marking strategies.
	www.uhpress.hawaii.edu /journals/ol/OL401.html (645 words)

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