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.

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on Austronesian origins of the Indigenous people of Taiwan, as we talk about their ...

An overlooked grammatical affix lends further linguistic support for the idea that Austronesian speakers in eastern Taiwan used their seafaring skills to span out across the Pacific.

Taiwan's Indigenous inhabitants speak an array of Austronesian languages. Efforts are underway to teach and preserve Indigenous languages after decades of allowing only Mandarin in schools.

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.

Besides introducing Small Island Big Song itself, lectures featured topics on Indigenous women and the history of the Austronesian islands, and discussed how to exert influence as musicians to improve ...

TAIPEI, TAIWAN / ACCESSWIRE / November 12, 2024 / The 2024 Austronesian Languages Revitalization Forum, organized by Taiwan's Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation (ILRDF ...

NPR's Emily Feng talks with Abao, one of Taiwan's biggest pop stars. She is Paiwan, an indigenous people that lived on the island before Han Chinese colonized it more than 300 years ago.

THE roughly 180 languages spoken in the Philippines belong to the Austronesian family of languages. This large family of languages is spoken in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and the Pacific, as well as in ...

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.

Austronesian peoples came from Borneo on boats, and Bantu migrants crossed over from East Africa. Overall, ... perhaps following climate change in Africa. ...