• Lawa (La'wa, L'wa) is a Mon–Khmer language of Thailand. There are two distinct varieties or dialects of Lawa, considered to be separate languages; their...
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  • Lawa (Thai: ลัวะ or ละว้า; RTGS: Lawa) are an ethnic group in northern Thailand. The Lawa language is related to the Blang and the Wa language found in...
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    Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. There are 38 Polynesian languages, representing...
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    Palaung–Riang) Eastern Palaungic Angkuic Angku Hu Kiorr Kon Keu Man Met Mok Samtao (Samtau) Tai Loi U (Pouma) Lametic Lamet (Xmet) Con Waic Blang Lawa La Lawa Wa...
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    the short span of human life, but the name “LAWA-AN”, a former barrio of Balangiga, province of Eastern Samar, has remained, to this day, unchanged....
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  • Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) languages form a proposed branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages consisting of over 700 languages (Blust 1993)...
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    home to 51 living indigenous languages and 24 living non-indigenous languages, with the majority of people speaking languages of the Southwestern Tai family...
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    Austronesian language, with the Đông Yên Châu inscription being verifiably dated to the late 4th century AD. It has several dialects, with Eastern Cham (Phan...
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  • The Subanen languages (also Subanon and Subanun) are a group of closely related Austronesian languages belonging to the Greater Central Philippine subgroup...
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    The Kru languages are spoken by the Kru people from the southeast of Liberia to the west of Ivory Coast. According to Güldemann (2018), Kru lacks sufficient...
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    The Austronesian languages (/ˌɔːstrəˈniːʒən/) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia...
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  • Austronesian language, one of six languages spoken in the central stretch of the Indonesian island of Flores. From west to east these languages are Ngadha...
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    The over 200 Central–Eastern Oceanic languages form a branch of the Oceanic language family within the Austronesian languages. Traditional classifications...
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    Formosan languages consist of various Formosan languages scattered across Taiwan, including Kavalan, Amis, and the extinct Siraya language. This grouping...
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    Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is: Admiralty Islands languages Eastern Manus Southeast Baluan-Pam Lenkau Lou Nauna, Penchal Western Northern...
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    Burmese–Maru Southern Lolo Northern Lolo Kanburi Lawa Moso Hsi-fan (Qiangic and Jiarongic languages apart from Qiang and Gyarung themselves) Tangut (perhaps...
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    most widely spoken of the Bisayan languages. Cebuano is the lingua franca of Central Visayas, the western parts of Eastern Visayas, some western parts of...
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  • Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that...
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    island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, is the furthest western outlier. Many languages of the Malayo-Polynesian family...
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    Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, the northern island of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Mandailing Natal Regency, North Padang Lawas Regency, Padang...
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  • Njav is a Malakula language of Vanuatu. There are about 10 speakers. François et al. 2015. François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien;...
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    Los Angeles International Airport (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    and the South Bay. The airport is operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a branch of the Los Angeles city government, that also operates the Van...
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    a native language in Central Visayas, parts of Eastern Visayas, and most of Mindanao. Two other well-known and widespread Bisayan languages are Hiligaynon...
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  • (Note: Individual languages are highlighted in italics.) Waic Samtau (later renamed "Blang" by Diffloth) Samtau Wa–Lawa–La Wa proper Wa Lawa Bo Luang Umphal...
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  • pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...
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    Wa people (category CS1 uses Chinese-language script (zh))
    to as 'Lawa', although they do not strictly belong to the latter ethnic subgroup. Pangkham A Bibliography of materials in or about Wa language and culture...
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    indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...
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  • Brunei. There are several dialects—Mukah-Oya, Balingian, Bruit, Dalat, Lawas, Igan, Sarikei, Segahan, Prehan, Segalang, and Siteng. Melanau has the following...
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    covering a vast area, Oceanic languages are spoken by only two million people. The largest individual Oceanic languages are Eastern Fijian with over 600,000...
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    Pacific linkage Eastern Fijian linkage Bauan (standard Fijian) Gone Dau Lauan Lomaiviti Polynesian family The West Fijian languages are more closely...
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