Austronesian languages

The family of Admiralty Islands languages is a subgroup of the Oceanic languages. It consists of 31 languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Admiralty Islands languages"

Aklanon is a Visayan language spoken in Aklan province in the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aklanon language"

The Anus language is a tribal language spoken in the Irian Jaya province of Indonesia. It is part of the Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages group. As of 2005, there are approximately 70 speakers of the language all of whom are members of a tribal group living on an island in the Sarmi-Jayapura Bay in West Papua. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anus language"

The Are language is one of the Are languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Are language"

The Asi language is spoken in towns on Tablas Island as well as the islands of Banton, Simara, and Maestre de Campo. These islands are part of the Romblon province of the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asi language"

The Atayal language is spoken by the Atayal people on Taiwan. The language has about 32 dialects, of which Sqoleq, Ts'ole' and Mayrinax are the most well-known. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atayal language"

The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. Hawaiian, Tahitian, and Malagasy (spoken on Madagascar) are geographic outliers of the Austronesian family. Austronesian has a dozen primary branches, all but one of which are found exclusively on Taiwan and nearby islands (the Formosan languages, which are unrelated to Chinese). All Austronesian languages spoken outside of Taiwan, with the exception of Yami, belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch, sometimes called Extra-Formosan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Austronesian languages"

The family of New Ireland languages is a subgroup of the Meso Melanesian languages. It consists of 2 languages, Muduapa and Uneapa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bali-Vitu languages"

Balinese is the language spoken by people in the island of Bali, Indonesia. It is spoken by 3.8 million people, approximately 2.1% of Indonesia's population. It is spoken in Bali, in Lombok and in Java. ...more on Wikipedia about "Balinese language"

Bantik is an Austronesian language spoken in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Most speakers of Bantik are bilingual in Manado Malay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bantik language"

In modern language classification, the Banyumasan language is usually considered a dialect of Javanese. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banyumasan language"

Basay was formerly spoken in the plains area of Northern Taiwan by the Basay tribe. The language is most closely related to the East Formosan group. The language is extinct. ...more on Wikipedia about "Basay language"

Bikol or Bicolano is an Austronesian language used in the Philippines particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bikol language"

Bisakol are two kinds of major dialects of the Philippines which comprises Bisaya (or Visayan) and Bikolano from the province of Bicol. This includes Central & Southern Sorsogon, Masbate Island, and Ticao Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bisakol"

Boholano is a dialect of Cebuano that is spoken on the island of Bohol in the Philippines, although it is sometimes described as a separate language. Boholano, especially the dialects used in Central Bohol, can be distinguised from other Cebuano dialects by a few phonetic changes. The "y" sound in Cebuano becomes "j" ("iya" in Cebuano becomes "ija") and the "k" sound sometimes becomes "h" ("ako" in Cebuano becomes "aho"). The dialects used in the coastal areas of Bohol though, including Tagbilaran City, are almost indistinguishable from other Cebuano-speaking areas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boholano language"

Buginese (locally Basa Ugi, elsewhere also Bahasa Bugis, Bugis, Bugi, De') is the language spoken by about four million people mainly in the southern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buginese language"

The Bunun language (布農話) is spoken by the Bunun people of Taiwan. It belongs to the Formosan languages, a subgroup of the Austronesian language family, and is subdivided in five dialects: Isbukun, Takbunuaz, Takivatan, Takibaka and Takituduh. Isbukun, the dominant dialect, is mainly spoken in the south of Taiwan. Takbunuaz and Takivatan are mainly spoken in the center of the country. Takibaka en Takituduh both are northern dialects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bunun language"

Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added at the end. Cebuano is given the ISO 639-2 three letter code ceb, but has no ISO 639-1 two letter code. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cebuano language"

Central Bicol is a dialect of Bicol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central Bicolano language"

The family of Central Pacific languages is a subgroup of the Remote Oceanic languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central Pacific languages"

The Cook Islands Māori also called Maori Kuki Airani became an official language of the Cook Islands in 2003 (1). According to Te Reo Maori Act, Maori means : ...more on Wikipedia about "Cook Islands Maori" My www.shortopedia.com and me.

The differences between Malay ( Bahasa Melayu) and Indonesian ( Bahasa Indonesia) are slightly greater than those between British English and American English. They are mutually intelligible, but with differences in spelling, pronunciation and vocabulary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Differences between Malay and Indonesian"

The family of Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages is a subgroup of the Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages. It consists of over 500 languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages"

Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji. It has 350,000 first-language speakers, which is less than half the population of Fiji, but another 200,000 speak it as a second language. The 1997 Constitution established Fijian as an official language of Fiji, along with English and Hindustani , and there is discussion about establishing it as the "national language," though English and Hindustani would remain official. Fijian is a VOS language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fijian language"

Filipino (formerly called Pilipino) is the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines — along with English — as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. The language, a member of the Austronesian languages, is a standardized dialect of Tagalog. It is sometimes the generic name for all of several different languages of the Philippines. ...more on Wikipedia about "Filipino language"

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