Oceanic Linguistics is the only journal devoted exclusively to the study of the indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia. The thousand-odd languages within the scope of the ...

The island was clearly inhabited by Austronesian people ranging from 3,000 to 7,500 years ago, archaeologists announced in late November, according to state media outlet China Daily. Austronesians ...

Researchers from mainland China are taking aim at an established language theory promoted by Taiwan’s ruling party in its efforts to carve out a separate identity for the island.

The mainstream historical narrative is that Austronesian people originated in Taiwan before beginning their migration The ethnic group would spread to inhabit a remarkably large geographical area ...

The launching on Thursday of a raft built by the Taitung County Austronesian Community College, the Council for Farangaw Autonomy and a team from the Solomon Islands has taken yet another step in ...

Elements from Austronesian countries such as Mauritius, Madagascar, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea all come together in a cultural melting pot, conveying the same spirit. On the track, Putad plays a ...

Many Austronesian languages show a far greater than chance correlation between morphemes that begin with a velar nasal and the general semantic domain 'mouth/nose'. Morphemes in this category may be ...