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Austronesian

American

[aw-stroh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ˌɔ stroʊˈni ʒən, -ʃən /

noun

Also called Malayo-Polynesian. a family of languages spoken in the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Madagascar, and Oceania.

adjective

of or relating to Austronesia or the Austronesian family of languages; Malayo-Polynesian.

Austronesian British

/ ˌɒstrəʊˈniːʒən, -ʃən /

adjective

of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages

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noun

another name for Malayo-Polynesian

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Etymology

Origin of Austronesian

First recorded in 1900–05; Austronesi(a) + -an

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