Malayo-Polynesian

[ muh-ley-oh-pol-uh-nee-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

noun

1. Austronesian.

Malayo-Polynesian

noun

1. Also calledAustronesian a family of languages extending from Madagascar to the central Pacific, including Malagasy, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Polynesian See also Austro-Asiatic

adjective

1. of or relating to this family of languages

Example Sentences

As compared with Malayo-Polynesian culture, however, it presents an important additional factor.

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The group belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian race, of which the parent stock seems to have inhabited the region of Annam.

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Above this, we have a second level of culture, the Malayo-Polynesian.

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The American and the Malayo-Polynesian races form the two last groups.

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It is astonishing how widely this Malayo-Polynesian speech has spread.

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