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Austronesian languages facts for kids

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Language families. Places where Austronesian languages are spoken are colored pink.

The Austronesian languages are a language family. They were originally spoken in Southeast Asia and on islands in the Pacific Ocean.

List of Austronesian languages

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  • Hawaii Banknote 5 Dollars c 1839

    Banknote for 5 dollars, Hawaii, circa 1839, using Hawaiian language

  • Austronesian family

    Distribution of the Austronesian languages, per Blust (1999)

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