Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family. They were originally spoken in Southeast Asia and on islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is composed of about 1000 languages, spread widely from Madagascar to Easter Island, from New Zealand to Taiwan. The languages started to be distinct from Proto-Austronesian language about 6000 years ago.

List of Austronesian languages

• Anus
• Indonesian
• Fijian
• Hawaiian
• Javanese
• Malay
• Māori
• Sundanese
• Tagalog
• Tuvaluan

References

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