Austronesian

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Austronesian

1	n	the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
2	n adj	a native or inhabitant of Austronesia of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Austronesian

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian
the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific; Aboriginal Australian, Australian
the Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines; Formosan
the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa; Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic
an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages; Tongan
the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people; Western Malayo-Polynesian
a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages; Dyirbal, Jirrbal
a language of Australian aborigines; Walbiri, Warlpiri
a language of Australian aborigines; Atayalic, Tayalic
a language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa; Tsouic
a Formosan language; Paiwanic
a Formosan language

Type of:: natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; Nauruan
a native or inhabitant of Nauru; Polynesian
a native or inhabitant of Polynesia; Fijian
a native or inhabitant of Fiji; Samoan
a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands; Tahitian
a native or inhabitant of Tahiti; Tongan
a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga

Type of:: denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
a person who inhabits a particular place

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