wikipedia - 07 Nov 2016
The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia. Austronesian languages are spoken by about 386 million people, making it the fifth-largest language family by number of speakers, behind only the Indo-European languages, the Sino-Tibetan languages, the Niger-Congo languages, and the Afroasiatic languages. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger–Congo, and
Taiwan News - 04 Jan 2019
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) on Friday in Taipei inked a deal with the Pacific state of the Marshall Islands on ...
The Diplomat - 09 Jan 2019
In focusing efforts to promote its indigenous peoples and culture, Taiwan is making a political gambit in the Pacific as well.
JAPAN Forward - 26 Oct 2018
In Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's address to the73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, he highlighted the significance of the ...
The National - 07 Dec 2018
In these monthly discussions we answer one question about language in PNG and beyond. This month we are looking at the relationships between languages ...
Phys.Org - 28 Jan 2016
THE languages known as Austronesian are spoken by more than 380 million people in territories that include Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, ...
Science Daily - 27 Feb 2018
New genetic research reveals the complex demographic history of Vanuatu, explaining how Austronesian languages were retained throughout its history ...
Inverse - 27 Feb 2018
Scientists show that the Lapita people who brought the Austronesian language to Vanuatu 3000 years ago were replaced early on, even though their language ...
Hong Kong Free Press - 31 Aug 2018
Taiwan is to make English an official language next year, Premier William Lai announced on Monday. The Ministry of Education has been discussing the ...
Taiwan News - 31 Jul 2018
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Delegates from a total of 13 South Pacific countries or areas will attend the Austronesian Forum 2018 kicking off at The Grand Hotel in ...
South China Morning Post - 16 Nov 2018
If you are travelling to Papua New Guinea, you don't need to pack a phrase book, you need to bring an entire library. With 841 living tongues and a colourful ...
New Historian - 01 Feb 2016
New research has shed light on one of the world's largest language families. The Austronesian language group includes a fifth of the world's languages, and yet ...
Taiwan News - 01 Aug 2018
Representatives from 12 Austronesian Forum member states gathered in Taipei on August 1 to promote their common language root.Taiwan President Tsai ...
Taiwan Business TOPICS - 21 Nov 2018
Taiwan has long been a place of linguistic diversity. Besides the Chinese languages of Mandarin, Hokkien (Taiwanese), and Hakka, the various indigenous ...
EWN - 15 Nov 2018
From Pii in the mist-cloaked highlands to Toaripi on the shores of the gleaming Coral Sea, Papua New Guinea is a linguist's paradise.
Phys.org - 12 Dec 2017
One of the world's 7000 languages vanishes every other week, and half - including scores of indigenous North American languages—might not survive the 21st ...
The Manila Times - 20 Nov 2018
THE Supreme Court did not excise so-called “Filipino” (a.k.a. Tagalog) from the curriculum. No court has any business doing that. Courts do not resolve.
