Malayo-Polynesian

[ muh-ley-oh-pol-uh-nee-zhuh n, -shuh n ]

/ məˈleɪ oʊˌpɒl əˈni ʒən, -ʃən /

noun, adjective

Austronesian.

Example sentences from the Web for malayo-polynesian

The group belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian race, of which the parent stock seems to have inhabited the region of Annam.

Indo-China and Its Primitive People |Henry Baudesson
As compared with Malayo-Polynesian culture, however, it presents an important additional factor.

Elements of Folk Psychology |Wilhelm Wundt
It is astonishing how widely this Malayo-Polynesian speech has spread.

A History of the Philippines |David P. Barrows
Above this, we have a second level of culture, the Malayo-Polynesian.

Elements of Folk Psychology |Wilhelm Wundt

The American and the Malayo-Polynesian races form the two last groups.

On the Phenomena of Hybridity in the Genus Homo |Paul Broca

British Dictionary definitions for malayo-polynesian

Malayo-Polynesian

noun

Also called: Austronesian a family of languages extending from Madagascar to the central Pacific, including Malagasy, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Polynesian See also Austro-Asiatic

adjective

of or relating to this family of languages

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