• Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua is an Oceanic language spoken in Fiji by about 1,600 people. Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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    al. (2002) classify the languages as a linkage. Central Pacific Western Rotuman Western Fijian linkage Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua Western Fijian (Nadroga...
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  • Serua is an almost extinct Austronesian language originally spoken on Serua Island in Maluku, Indonesia. Speakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic...
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    Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken...
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    - Namata River - Naming conventions of Fiji - Namosi District - Namosi-Naitasiri-Serua language - Namosi - Namotu - Nananu-i-Cake - Nananu-i-Ra - Satendra...
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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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  • (Teun-Nila-Serua): Teun, Nila-Serua (Nila, Serua) (other branches of CMP, including Babar languages and West Damar) Edwards (2021) divides the languages of Timor...
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    reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the indigenous language of the Māori people, the...
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    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...
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    The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not...
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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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  • Tokelauan (/toʊkəˈlaʊən/) is a Polynesian language spoken in Tokelau and historically by the small population of Swains Island (or Olohega) in American...
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    approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well...
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  • hypothetical proto-language from which all the modern Polynesian languages descend. It is a daughter language of the Proto-Austronesian language. Historical...
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  • schemes for Southeast Asian languages (see the articles for the respective language families). The five established major language families are: Austroasiatic...
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    are: Central Pacific languages Eastern Outer Islands languages Loyalty Islands languages Micronesian languages New Caledonian languages North and Central...
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  • The Provinces of Fiji ("veiyasana" (pl.) and "yasana" (s.) in the Fijian language) are the 14 administrative units into which the country is divided, particularly...
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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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  • Pascuan (/ˈpæskjuən/) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa...
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    refers to those languages comprising the Samoic and the Eastern Polynesian branches of the Polynesian group of Austronesian languages. The Eastern Polynesian...
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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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  • or Paumotu (Tuamotuan: Reʻo Paʻumotu or Reko Paʻumotu) is a Polynesian language spoken by 4,000 people in the Tuamotu archipelago, with an additional 2...
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  • 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...
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  • Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) languages form a proposed branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages consisting of over 700 languages (Blust 1993). The Central...
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  • Rutuman or Fäeag Rotuạm (citation form: Faega Rotuma), is an Austronesian language spoken by the Indigenous Rotuma people in the South Pacific. Linguistically...
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  • Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...
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  • Moriori, or ta rē Moriori ('the Moriori language'), is a Polynesian language most closely related to New Zealand Māori. It is spoken by the Moriori, the...
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    over 200 Central–Eastern Oceanic languages form a branch of the Oceanic language family within the Austronesian languages. Traditional classifications have...
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  • (Wallisian: Fakaʻuvea), is the Polynesian language spoken on Wallis Island (also known as ʻUvea). The language is also known as East Uvean to distinguish...
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    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...
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