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Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Austronesian proper noun: a proposed common ancestor to the group of Austronesian languages comprising Malayo-Polynesian and Formosan languages.

Proper noun

Proto-Austronesian

  1. A proposed common ancestor to the group of Austronesian languages comprising Malayo-Polynesian and Formosan languages.

Origin of Proto-Austronesian

From proto- + Austronesian.

Questions about Proto-Austronesian

What does Proto-Austronesian mean?
Proto-Austronesian means a proposed common ancestor to the group of Austronesian languages comprising Malayo-Polynesian and Formosan languages.
What part of speech is Proto-Austronesian?
Proto-Austronesian is a proper noun.

Words near Proto-Austronesian in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Athapaskan
  2. Proto-Australoid
  3. Proto-Australoids
  4. Proto-Austric
  5. Proto-Austroasiatic
  6. Proto-Austronesian
  7. Proto-Bahnaric
  8. Proto-Baltic
  9. Proto-Balto-Slavic
  10. Proto-Bantu
  11. Proto-Basque

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