Malayo-Polynesian
Words Nearby Malayo-Polynesian
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How to use Malayo-Polynesian in a sentence
As compared with Malayo-Polynesian culture, however, it presents an important additional factor.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe group belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian race, of which the parent stock seems to have inhabited the region of Annam.
Indo-China and Its Primitive People | Henry BaudessonAbove this, we have a second level of culture, the Malayo-Polynesian.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe American and the Malayo-Polynesian races form the two last groups.
On the Phenomena of Hybridity in the Genus Homo | Paul BrocaIt is astonishing how widely this Malayo-Polynesian speech has spread.
A History of the Philippines | David P. Barrows
British Dictionary definitions for Malayo-Polynesian
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
of or relating to this family of languages
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