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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