Malayo-Polynesian

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Malayo-Polynesian

/məˌleɪəʊˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən/

proper noun

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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Español	malayo-polinesio
Italiano	maleopolinesiaco
Русский	малайско-полинезийский malajsko-polinezijskij
Tiếng Việt	Mã Lai-Đa Đảo

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@misc{malayo_polynesian_2026,
  title = {Malayo-Polynesian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malayo-polynesian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}