Langenesis

Austronesian family

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

c. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (c. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE) is a reconstructed Austronesian language. It has 25 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Austronesian → Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

See Proto-Malayo-Polynesian on the interactive map

The sub-branch carried out of Taiwan into the Philippines and Indonesia during the Austronesian expansion. Ancestor of all non-Formosan Austronesian languages — including Malay, Tagalog, and the Polynesian subgroup.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Austronesianc. 3,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,500 BCE

Descendants 10

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Austronesian.

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