Definitions for malayo-polynesian
malayo-po·ly·ne·sian

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1. Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesianadjective

   the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific

2. Malayo-Polynesianadjective

   of or relating to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages

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1. Malayo-Polynesiannoun

   A subgroup of languages of the Austronesian language family, mostly dispersed around the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.

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1. malayo-polynesian

   The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast Asia (Indonesian and Philippine Archipelago) and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia in the areas near the Malay Peninsula. Cambodia, Vietnam and the Chinese island Hainan serve as the northwest geographic outlier. Malagasy, spoken in the island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, is the furthest western outlier. Many languages of the Malayo-Polynesian family show the strong influence of Sanskrit and Arabic, as the western part of the region has been a stronghold of Hinduism, Buddhism, and, later, Islam. Two morphological characteristics of the Malayo-Polynesian languages are a system of affixation and reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word, such as wiki-wiki) to form new words. Like other Austronesian languages, they have small phonemic inventories; thus a text has few but frequent sounds. The majority also lack consonant clusters. Most also have only a small set of vowels, five being a common number.

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1. malayo-polynesian

   Malayo-Polynesian is a sub-family of the Austronesian language family that includes most of the languages spoken in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar, and the Pacific Islands. It is named after the geographical areas where these languages are spoken, i.e., the Malay Archipelago and Polynesia. It is the second-largest language family in the world in terms of number of speakers, surpassed only by the Indo-European language family.

How to pronounce malayo-polynesian?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of malayo-polynesian in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of malayo-polynesian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=malayo-polynesian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malayo-Polynesian
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayo-Polynesian
4. ^ ChatGPT
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