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Top: Science: Social_Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian: Western
Bali, also known as Balinese, is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken on the island of Bali, northern Nusapenida, western Lombok Islands, east Java and south Sulawesi.
Cebuano is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family, spoken by approximately 24% of the population in the Philippines.Alternate names for Cebuano include Sugbuhanon, Sugbuanon, Visayan, Bisayan, Binisaya and Sebuano.
Chamorro, or Tjamoro, is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken by approximately 50% of the population of Guam and 20% of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Ilocano, sometimes known as Iloko or Ilokano, is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken in northwestern Luzon, La Union and Ilocos provinces, Cagayan Valley, Babuyan, Mindoro, Mindanao and some parts of the United States.
Indonesian, or Bahasa Indonesia, is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken in Indonesia and other countries.This category is for sites concerned with studying and learning Indonesian.
Javanese is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken by approximately 42% of the population of Indonesia. Speakers are principally located on the island of Java with smaller populations in Kalimantan, Maliku, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sulawesi, Sumatra and West Papua (Irian Jaya).Javanese is also known as Jawa and Djawa.
Malagasy, also known as Malgache, is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken in Madagascar, Comoros Islands and Réunion. It is most closely related to Ma'anyan language of south Borneo though influenced with loan words from Arabic, Bantu, English, French and Swahili.
Malay is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken by approximately 47% of the population of Malaysia. Speakers are principally located within Malaysia with smaller populations in Brunei, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand.Alternative names for Malay include Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Malayu, Malayu, Melaju, Melayu and Standard Malay.
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Palauan is spoken on the island of Palau and also on Guam.
Also known as Kapampangan, this is a language spoken by many of the inhabitants of Pampanga Province on Luzon in the Philippines. The language is believed to have been brought to the valley of the Rio Grande de la Pampanga by Malay-speaking settlers.
Sasak, also known as Lombok, is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on Lombok Island in Indonesian.Sasak to some extent is a cover name for a broad range of related dialects, the extremes of which are borderline non-mutually intelligible.
Tagalog, also known as Filipino or Pilipino, is a Western Malayo-Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family spoken by approximately 24% of the Phillipine population.
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