Malayo-Polynesian

Ma·lay·o-Pol·y·ne·sian

M0057100 (mə-lā′ō-pŏl′ə-nē′zhən)n. A subgroup of the Austronesian language family.

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Ma·lay′o-Pol′y·ne′sian adj.

Malayo-Polynesian

n (Languages) Also called: Austronesian a family of languages extending from Madagascar to the central Pacific, including Malagasy, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Polynesian. See also Austro-Asiatic adj (Languages) of or relating to this family of languages

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Malayo-Polynesian - the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central PacificPolynesianAustronesian language, Austronesian - the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and PolynesiaEastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic - an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languagesTongan - the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan peopleWestern Malayo-Polynesian - a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
Adj.	1.	Malayo-Polynesian - of or relating to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages