S09: Languages
  
 

9. Classification of languages - M) The Austronesian family
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  • Largest geographical span: from Madagascar to Easter Island (Chili).

  • Historic heartland in the Malay Archipelago, including Taiwan.

  • Official languages of Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia) and Malaysia (Bahasa Malaysia), the Philippines (Pilipino), Madagascar (Malagasi), and several island states in the Pacific.

  • Almost 1,300 different languages.


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