Lamalera is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of the island of Lembata, east of Flores in Indonesia. Lamalera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

A very distinct language spoken in the eastern part of the island is Kedang. On the south coast of Lembata, the village of Lamalera (pop. 2,500) is known...

Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that...

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...

tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the...

Njav is a Malakula language of Vanuatu. There are about 10 speakers. François et al. 2015. François, Alexandre; Franjieh, Michael; Lacrampe, Sébastien;...

vaka-Viti) is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution...

Binisaya/Bisaya nga Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, predominantly in...

The Austronesian languages (/ˌɔːstrəˈniːʒən/) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia...

Most languages belong to the Austronesian language family, while there are over 270 Papuan languages spoken in eastern Indonesia. The language most widely...

The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric...

pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...

Caluyanon is a regional Western Bisayan language spoken in the Semirara Island Group, Caluya, Antique in the Philippines. Most of its speakers use either...

intermediary trade in textiles, clothing and agricultural implements. In the Lamalera village on Lomblen island and Lamakera village on Solor island, whaling...

required) Adonara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Lamalera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Lamaholot at Ethnologue...

The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are most closely related to Tagalog...

Kutai is a Malayic language spoken by 300,000 to 500,000 people. It is the native language of the Kutai people (Indonesian: Suku Kutai, Kutai: Urang Kutai)[what...

Chamorro: Finuʼ Chamorro (CNMI), Finoʼ CHamoru (Guam)) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 58,000 people, numbering about 25,800 on Guam and about...

idioma samareño meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern...

Philippine languages (40 languages, including Tagalog, Bikol languages and Visayan languages) Palawan languages (3 languages) Subanen languages (6 languages; sometimes...

Taaw't Bato (Tau't Batu) is one of several closely related languages spoken on Palawan Island in the Philippines. It is spoken by the indigenous peoples...

Caledonian languages also known as Kanak languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks. One language is extinct...

spoken on Adonara and Solor. On the South coast of Lembata, the village of Lamalera (pop. 2,500) is known for its hunting of sperm whales and other deep-sea...

Atauran is an Austronesian language spoken on Atauro island and in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor. It is closely related to Wetarese and Galoli. Atauran...

symbols instead of Balinese characters. Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida...

schemes for Southeast Asian languages (see the articles for the respective language families). The five established major language families are: Austroasiatic...

The Sama–Bajaw languages are a well-established group of languages spoken by the Sama-Bajau peoples (sea gypsies) of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia...

western Java. It is the native language of more than 68 million people. Javanese is the largest of the Austronesian languages in number of native speakers...

Jawi: بَهَسَ سُوگ‎; Malay: Bahasa Sūlūk, lit. 'Language of Sulu/the Tausūg people') is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines...

e vagahau Niuē) is a Polynesian language, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian languages. It is most closely related to Tongan...