Western Malayo-polynesian (Noun)
Meaning
A western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The languages of eastern Indonesia can be classified into several branches of western Malayo-Polynesian.
- Javanese and Tagalog, two widely-spoken tongues, can be linked back to the western Malayo-Polynesian subfamily.
- Linguists have further divided the Malayo-Polynesian language family into eastern and western Malayo-Polynesian subgroups.
- Most linguists agree the western Malayo-Polynesian languages are limited to the Indonesian and Malaysian archipelagos.
- Though the nomenclature has changed over the years, researchers still adhere to the western Malayo-Polynesian classification for several Southeast Asian languages.