Langenesis

Austronesian family

Proto-Austronesian

c. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Austronesian (c. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian language family, with 29 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Austronesian on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian family — ~1250 languages spanning Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific. Standardly placed in Taiwan ~3500 BCE (Bellwood / Blust) with the "Out of Taiwan" expansion beginning ~3000 BCE.

Descendants 4

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