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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

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

Proper noun

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

  1. A proposed common ancestor to the group of Malayo-Polynesian languages.

Questions about Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

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

Words near Proto-Malayo-Polynesian in the dictionary

  1. proto-Macro-Somali
  2. proto-magnesium
  3. Proto-Malay
  4. Proto-Malayic
  5. Proto-Malayo-Chamic
  6. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
  7. Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan
  8. Proto-Malays
  9. proto-manganese
  10. proto-Mars
  11. proto-matter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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