THE languages known as Austronesian are spoken by more than 380 million people in territories that include Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific. How ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The term 'comparative paradigm' is proposed as a general description for any algorithm used in the identification of cognate sets. A minor ...
New research into language evolution suggests most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan around 5,200 years ago. Scientists at The University of Auckland have used sospisticated computer analyses ...