EASTERN MALAYO-POLYNESIAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages

Synonyms:

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Eastern Malayo-Polynesian" is a kind of...):

Malayo-Polynesian; Polynesian (the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Eastern Malayo-Polynesian"):

Tahitian (the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti)

Maori (the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand)

Hawaiian (the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii)

Fijian (the Oceanic language spoken on Fiji)