Malayo-Polynesian

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

noun, adjective

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Malayo-Polynesian

noun
  1. Also called: Austronesian 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

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