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Austronesian languages

Figure 1: A subgrouping of the Austronesian languages, with the approximate number of languages in each group shown in parentheses. AN = Austronesian family; F = Formosan, a cover term for perhaps six primary branches of the Austronesian family; MP = Malayo-Polynesian; WMP = Western Malayo-Polynesian; CEMP = Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; CMP = Central Malayo-Polynesian; EMP = Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; SHWNG = South Halmahera–West–New Guinea; OC = Oceanic.

Map of Africa showing the distribution of major language families, with regions color-coded for Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Afro-Asiatic, Khoisan, Austronesian, and Indo-European languages. The map also labels major ethnic groups and peoples within each region, such as Arabs in North Africa, Fulani and Hausa in West Africa, and Zulu and Xhosa in southern Africa.

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