Malayo-polynesian

//məˌleɪəʊˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən//

Synonyms for "malayo-polynesian" (2 found)

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Dutch

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  • Malayo-Polynesisch name (Translations)

Italian

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  • maleopolinesiaco name (Translations)

Russian

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  • малайско-полинезийский name (Translations)

Scots

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  • Malayo-Polynesie name (Translations)

Spanish

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  • malayo-polinesio name (Translations)

Vietnamese

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  • Mã Lai-Đa Đảo name (Translations)

Sample sentences

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I have been wishing to travel to French Polynesia, including Tahiti and Bora Bora. There was a phase in my life wherein I studied Malayo-Polynesian languages such as Samoan, Tahitian, Hawaiian, Indonesian, Ilocano, and so forth. I have a book collection of them. I do have Austronesian ancestry. Some researchers call it "Sundadont," whilst I have also "Sinodont" and "Eurodont" ancestries.

Source: tatoeba (11046856)

Native Fijians are Melanesians, a kind of Australoid people, but they speak a Malayo-Polynesian language, perhaps adopted anciently from islander neighbours who were not Melanesians. My neighbours, the Wongs, who are multiracial from Fiji, know a bit of Fijian. They like learning English, but I say to them, "Your Fijian is much more beautiful!"

Source: tatoeba (11935666)

Burma, Siam, Indochina and Indonesia are divided between at least two linguistic families: Sinitic and Malayo-Polynesian.

Source: tatoeba (12004374)

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