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Austronesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromGermanAustronesisch; coined byWilhelm Schmidt. FromLatinaustro-(“southern”) +‎Ancient Greekνῆσος(nêsos,“island”) +‎-ian.

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Adjective

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Austronesian (comparativemoreAustronesian,superlativemostAustronesian)

  1. Pertaining to theAustronesian language family.
    anAustronesian language
  2. Of or pertaining toAustronesia.
    • 2022 August 6, Tyson Lu, Sean Lin, “Taitung university launches doctoral program on Austronesian studies”, inFocus Taiwan‎[1], archived fromthe original on06 August 2022, Culture:
      Taitung County, with seven Indigenous peoples ofAustronesian descent -- Amis, Paiwan, Bunun, Rukai, Pinuyumayan (also known as the Puyuma), Yami (also known as the Tao), and Kavalan -- is the most diverse region in Taiwan in terms ofAustronesian culture, offering students a chance to apply their research to real-world scenarios and engage in intimate observations of how indigenous groups grapple with the challenges of modern times, Chen said.

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of or pertaining to Austronesia

Noun

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Austronesian (pluralAustronesians)

  1. Aspeaker of an Austronesianlanguage, especially amember of theancientmaritimeculture that spread Austronesian languages across thePacific fromTaiwan.

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