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Definition of 'Austronesian'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Austronesian
a language family that includes all the non-Papuan, non-Australian languages of peoples indigenous to Oceania, the Indonesian archipelago, Taiwan, and the Philippines, as well as Malay and Chamic in SE Asia and Malagasy on Madagascar.

2. (adj.) Austronesian
of Austronesia or Austronesian.

Etymology: (1900–1905)

Definition of 'Austronesian'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Austronesian
a native or inhabitant of Austronesia

2. (adj) Austronesian, Austronesian language
the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia

3. (adj) Austronesian
of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture

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