List of major and official Austronesian languages
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This is a list of major and official Austronesian languages, a language family originating from Taiwan, that is widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Philippines) and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia and Madagascar.
Official languages
Sovereign states
Territories
Major languages
Languages with at least 3 million native speakers
- Malay
- Indonesian (252-280 million)[5]
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- Javanese (100 million)
- Tagalog
- Filipino (47 million native, ~100 million total)
- Sundanese (42 million)
- Cebuano (22 million native, ~30 million total)
- Malagasy (17 million)
- Madurese (14 million)
- Batak (8.5 million, all dialects)
- Ilokano (8 million native, ~10 million total)
- Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) (7 million native, ~11 million total)
- Minangkabau (7 million)
- Bugis (5 million)
- Bikol (4.6 million, all dialects)
- Banjar (4.5 million)
- Waray (3.6 million)
- Acehnese (3.5 million)
- Balinese (3 million)
Dialects and creoles
Dialects of major Austronesian languages
- Banyumas Javanese (15,000,000 native, Indonesia)
- Kedah Malay (5,000,000 native, Malaysia)
- Banten Sundanese (3,350,000 native, Indonesia)
- Palembang Malay (3,100,000 native, Indonesia)
- Central Bikol language (2,500,000 native, Philippines)
- Batak Toba language (2,000,000 native, Indonesia)
- Albay Bikol language (1,900,000 native, Philippines)
- Kelantan Malay (1,600,000 native, Malaysia)
- Pattani Malay (1,500,000 native, Thailand)
- Perak Malay (1,400,000 native, Malaysia)
- Batak Pakpak language (1,200,000 native, Indonesia)
- Batak Simalungun language (1,200,000 native, Indonesia)
- Batak Mandailing language (1,100,000 native, Indonesia)
- Terengganu Malay (1,100,000 native, Malaysia)
- Pahang Malay (1,000,000 native, Malaysia)
- Batak Angkola language (750,000 native, Indonesia)
- Jambi Malay (700,000 native, Indonesia)
- Batak Karo language (600,000 native, Indonesia)
- Osing Javanese (300,000 native, Indonesia)
- Batak Alas language (200,000 native, Indonesia)
- Itbayat language (3,500 native, Philippines)
- Niihau dialect (500 native, Hawaii, United States)
Creoles and pidgins based on Austronesian languages
- Betawi language (3,000,000 native, Indonesia)
- Sabah Malay (3,000,000, Malaysia)
- Manado Malay (850,000, Indonesia)
- North Moluccan Malay (700,000, Indonesia)
- Baba Malay (500,000, Indonesia and Malaysia)
- Papuan Malay (500,000, Indonesia)
- Ambonese Malay (250,000 native, Indonesia)
- Sri Lanka Malay (50,000, Sri Lanka)
- Lundayeh/Lun Bawang (55,000, East Malaysia Brunei and Indonesia)
- Kelabit language (5,000, East Malaysia and Indonesia)
- Cocos Malay (4,000, Australia and Malaysia)
- Chetty Malay (300?, Malaysia)
- Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin (40?, Australia)
- Bahasa Rojak (?, Malaysia)
See also
References
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