Proto-Austronesian

Proper noun

Meaning

Proto-Austronesian

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

He proposed that the current reconstructions for Proto-Austronesian actually correspond to an intermediate stage, which he terms "Proto-Nuclear Austronesian". Source: Internet

In history The red junglefowl An early domestication of chickens in Southeast Asia is probable, since the word for domestic chicken (*manuk) is part of the reconstructed Proto-Austronesian language (see Austronesian languages ). Source: Internet

Most Austronesian languages lack a long history of written attestation, making the feat of reconstructing earlier stages – up to distant Proto-Austronesian – all the more remarkable. Source: Internet

Li proposes a Proto-Formosan (F0) ancestor and equates it with Proto-Austronesian (PAN), following the model in Starosta (1995). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Proto-Australoid Proto-Austric Proto-Austroasiatic Proto-Baltic Proto-Balto-Slavic Proto-Bantu