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Adapted from David Crystal, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language,
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Major branches of Austronesian language family, and examples of languages

Formosan Malayo-Polynesian
Western Central Eastern
Amis
Bunun
Paiwan
Puyuma
Rukai
Seediq
Tagalog
Malay
Javanese
Malagasy
Sundanese
Balinese
Soboyo
Manggarai
Ngadha
Tetum
Samoan
Tongan
Fijian
Tahitian
Hawaiian
Maori

Adapted from William O'Grady, Michael Dobrovolsky, and Mark Aronoff,
Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

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