Meaning | The branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar / Madagascar to the central Pacific. |
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Synonym | Polynesian |
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Narrower | Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages |
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Tongan | The Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people |
Western Malayo-Polynesian | A western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages |
Broader | Austronesian, Austronesian language | The family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia |
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Spanish | lengua malayo-polinésica |
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Adjectives | Malayo-Polynesian | of or relating to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages |
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