Austronesian – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Austronesian
adj.
of or pertaining Austronesia (islands in the central and South Pacific Ocean) or its languages
n.
family of languages spoken in Australia and Malaysia and Formosa and Polynesia
Austronesian languages
The
Austronesian languages is a
language family that is widely dispersed throughout
Maritime Southeast Asia,
Madagascar and the islands of the
Pacific Ocean, with a few members on continental
Asia. Austronesian languages are spoken by about 386 million people, making it the fifth-largest language family by number of speakers, behind only the
Indo-European languages, the
Sino-Tibetan languages, the
Niger-Congo languages, and the
Afroasiatic languages. It is on par with
Indo-European,
Niger–Congo, and
Afroasiatic as one of the best-established language families. Major Austronesian languages with the highest number of speakers are
Malay (
Indonesian and
Malaysian),
Javanese, and
Filipino (
Tagalog).
Austronesian
Noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Austronesia
(hypernym) inhabitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
(hyponym) Nauruan
(member-holonym) Austronesia
2. the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
(synonym) Austronesian language
(hypernym) natural language, tongue
(hyponym) Malayo-Polynesian
Adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture
(pertainym) Austronesia
AUSTRONESIAN
AUSTRONESIANO. MALEOPOLINESIANO. MALEOPOLINESIACO
austronesian
ks. 1 sesuatu yang berasal dari atau berhubungan dengan Austronesia. 2 rumpun bahasa Austronesia
