Languages of the Austronesian Family

7/30/2019 Languages of the Austronesian Family

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-Cebuano is mainly spoken in the regions of Cebu, Negros, Bohol, and parts ofMindanao in the Philippines. Cebuano is also known as Sebuano orSugbuhanon and is spoken by 18 million people.

-Cebuano started to appear in writing during the early part of 18th centuryunder influence from Spanish missionaries. As a result of Spanish influence,Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.

-Cebuano is written in the Cebuano alphabet that derived from the Latinalphabet and contains a few dialects including the standard Cebuano or CebuCity Dialect, Boholano, Leyteo, and Mindanao Cebuano.

- Maka istorya ka ug Binisaya? (Do you speak Cebuano?)A a B b K k D d E e G g H h I i L l

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[ a ] [ b ] [ k ] [ d ] [ ] [ g ] [ h ] [ ] [ l ][ m ]

N n Ng ng O o P p R r S s T t U u W wY y

[ n ] [ ] [ ] [ p ] [ r ] [ s ] [ t ] [ u ] [ w ][ j ]

-Maayong Buntag (Good Morning), Biya-I ra gud ko! (Leave

me alone!), Asa/Aha/Dis-a/Diin ang banyo/kasilyas/CR?

(Wheres the toilet?), Tabang! (Fire!), Dili gayod/gayud sakto

kung usa/isa ra ka sinutian/pinulungan (One language isnever enou h


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-Javanese is primarily spoken in central, east, and north coast of west Java, one of the

thousands of Indonesian islands, and Suriname. Javanese is also spoken in Madura,Bali, Lombok, Madagascar, and the Sunda region of wet Java. Approximately 80 million

people speak Javanese.

-In the Austronesian family there are no branches. Javanese evolved from the Pallava

alphabet, the earliest records being dated from the 4th century A.D. By the 10th century

the Kawi alphabet had developed from the Pallava alphabet and contained a distinct

Javanese from. The current form of writing in Javanese had been developed in the 17thcentury when the Japanese, who were in Indonesia at the time, banned the alphabet.

-In the language of Javanese, three principle dialects are recognized along with many

sud-dialects. The three principle dialects are western, central, and eastern Javanese, the

primary variance occurring in pronunciation and some differences in spelling.

-The Latin alphabet, being introduced by the Dutch, is the main form of writing for

scholars studying the language, and for decoration. But the main alphabet remains fromthe evolved form of Pallava. Below are the numerals written in Javanese.

Sugeng enjing (Good morning), Sugeng pepiashan(Good bye), Dina iki (Today), Saiki (Now), Sesuk(Tomorrow), Paturasanipun wonten pundi? (Where'sthe toilet?)


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Where is the language primarily distributed in the world, and how many people speak the

language?About 10 million people speak it. Mostly spoken around the Northwest of Luzonisland. Mostly in the Phillippines.

How did that Language break off from the branch or what was its history to become thatlanguage? How did it become unique from the branch?

Austronesian. Originally written with the Baybayin syllabary, but that was slowlyreplaced by the Latin Alphabete in the 16th century when the Spanish arrived.

What are some unique characteristics of it?When written in the baybayin form, a cross is written under consonants to mute theinherent vowel. written in the Latin Alphabete, when some conosnats are followed by Iplus another vowel, theirpronunciation changes.

What are some examples of literary tradition?

Show 5-8 common words and English meanings in the written form.

Hello- Kablaaw

Welcome- Naragsak nga Isasanbay

Goodbye- Paka da / Agpakadaakon / Kasta pa

Have a nice day- Mayeg ti naimbag nga aldaw kenka

Where is the toilet?- Sadino ti banio?

How do you say in iloko?- Kasanom ibaga ti ... iti Ilocano?

My hovercraft is full of eels - Napno iti igat ti hovercraftko


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-Indonesian is spoken in the islands of Indonesia. 30 million speak it as their

first language and 140 million speak it as a second language.

-Indonesian is a standardized register of "Riau Malay", which is not the Malay

dialect native to Riau, but rather the Classical Malay of the Malaccan royal

courts. In the 1930s Indonesian, known as Bahasa Indonesia, was made the

official language of Indonesia.-In its spread throughout the country, its vocabulary and idioms have been

enriched by a great number of local languages; its also a lingua franca.

- Since Indonesia was a colony of the Dutch, the language is written with the

Latin alphabet.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh I iJ j Kk L lMma becede e efgeha i je ka el e

mNn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss T t Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zzen o pe ki eres te u fe w

e eks yezet

- Selamat siang (Good afternoon), Selamat

sore (Good evening), Selamat malam (Goodnight), Sampai jumpa lagi (Goodbye),

Selamat tinggal (you're leaving), Selamat

jalan (you're staying), Di manakah kamar

kecil? (Where's the toilet?), Tolong! (Help!),

Berhenti! (Stop!)
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-Malagasy in primarily spoken in Madagascar, Mayotte, and Comoros and is

spoken by about 17 million people.

- Malagasy shares much of its basic vocabulary with the Ma'anyan language, a

language from the region of the Barito River in southern Borneo. This indicates

that Madagascar was first settled by Austronesian people from the Malay

Archipelago who had passed through Borneo.

-Malagasy contains two principle dialects including the eastern (Merina) andwestern (Sakalava) dialects. The dialects are distinguished by several

phonological features. Sakalava lost final naval consonants, whereas Merina

added a voiceless [ ]: Malagasy has been written using the Latin script since

1823, before which the Arabic Ajami script, or Sorabe ("large writings") as it is

known in Madagascar, was used for astrological and magical texts.

- Below is some Malagasy Arabic script

- manao ahoana e!! (Hi!), Tsara mandry dia

manaova nofy tsara (Good night and sweet

dreams!), miaraka amin'ny trano fidiovana?

(where is the bathroom?), mila fanampiana!

(Help!), mijanona! (Stop!), misy may ! (Fire!)


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Spoken in West Sumatra., the north part of Bengkulu and Jambi.Also spoken in several cities throught Indonesia.

The Minangkabau language has several dialects, sometimesdiffering between nearby villages (e.g. separated by a river). Thedialects are Rao Mapat Tunggul, Muaro Sungai Lolo,Payakumbuh, Pangkalan-Lubuk Alai, Agam-Tanah Datar,Pancungsoal, Kotobaru, Sungai Bendung Air, andKaranganyar.[2] In everyday communication betweenMinangkabau people of different regions, the Agam-Tanah Datardialect (Baso Padang or Baso Urang Awak "our (people's)language") is often used and has become a kind of standard.

How are you? -

Ba'a kaba?


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Where is the language primarily distributed? How many people speak it?

Sundanese is a Polynesian language spoke by about 27 million people on the

greater Sunda island.

How did that language break off from the branch or wha is the history to become that

language? How did it become unique from the branch?

The original script of Sundanese was written with a slightly Arabic style that is

thought to show its ancestory through the Arab culture unlike other languages of this

branch.

What are some unique characteristics of it?

The syllabc alphabete in which each consonant has an inherent vowel (a).

Other vowels are indicated by separate letten or diacritics. The direction of writing is from

left to right on horizontal lines, just like English.

What are some examples of literary tradition?Translation: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowedwith reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood

Hello: Halo

Welcome: Wilujeng sumping

Good Bye: Dugi kapendak deui

Leave me alone!: Tinggalkeun abdi nyalira!

Where is the toilet?: Palih mana jamben?

This gentleman/lady will pay for everything: Leu bapa/ibu nu bade mayar sadayan


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O Spoken in the Southern Philippines

O 4,583,034 speakers

O Bikol is based off of the Canaman dialect; however it is similarto Tagalog. It became unique due to the many Spanish wordsused in the language.

O There are many discourse particles (like Ohor Well) thatexpress emotions

O An gabos na tawo ipinangaking may katalinkasan asinparantay sa dignidad asin derechos

O Hello = Magandang umaga po

O Goodbye= PaaramO Wheres the toilet? = Permisi, di mana kamar mandi?

O Dont make such loud noise! = Dai na magpararibok

O Lets go= Madya na


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O Spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and BruneiO Spoken by 10,296,000 people

O Malay originated I Sumatra and is used as a lingua franca throughoutthe Malay Archipelago. It became unique from the other languagesbecause it is not tonal (different tones do not distinguish differentmeanings)

O There are a LOT of different dialects like Pahang, Orang Hulu, Akitand more.

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O Welcome= Selamat datang

O Goodbye=Selamat tinggal

O Wheres the toilet?=Di mana tandas?

O My hovercraft is full of eels=Hoverkraf saya penuh dengan belut

O The gentleman/lady will pay for everything=Dia akan bayarsemuanya


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Spoken by about 14 million people in Mandura island andeastern Java in Indonesia. Also on the Kangean and SapudiIslands.

Mandurese broke off with Javanese. Then separated from that

as the Javanese languge because more diverse and it changedits alphabete to the latin alphabete, which also made it differentits original language.

Mandurese again is just a different version of Javanese.

Sadajana oreng lahir mardika e sarenge drajat klaban hak-hak

se dha-padha. Sadajana eparenge akal sareng nurani ban koduareng-sareng akanca kadi taretan.

Translation: All human beings are born free and equal in dignityand rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience andshould act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood

Okay. I cant find any translations ANYWHERE!!!!! Help me out

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O The official language of the PhilippinesO Spoken by 25,000,000 people

O In 137 the first national assembly in the Philippines wanted to create a

national language. They chose Tagalog because it was understood by

everyone and did not have any daughter languages.

O In 1959 the language became known as Pilipino.O In 1973 it was changed again to Filipino.

O It differs from other Austronesian languages because an effort has been

made to enrich it with preexisting local languages in the Philippines.

O Ang lahat ng tao ay ipinanganak na malaya at parepareho sa dignidad at

mga karapatan.

O Good Morning=magandang umaga

O Goodbye=paalam

O Go away! = umalis

O Where is the bathroom? = Nasaan ang banyo?

O Stop the world, I want to get off! = Itigil ang mundo, gusto kong bumaba!


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O Tagalog is mostly spoken in the Phillipines

O 23,853,200 speakers

O Very little is known about the origin of Tagalog, the earliest known writing is

dated to the 16th century when the Spanish arrived. Tagalog became different

from other languages because it has a unique alphabet called Baybayin.

O Baybain is a dying way of writing. It is only used for decorative purposes

now.O Hello = Mabuhay!

O Goodbye= Palam

O Wheres the toilet? = Nasaan ang kasilyas?

O Happy Birthday = Maligayang kaarawan

O Call the police! = Tumawag ka ng pulis!

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Languages of the Austronesian Family