The Austronesian Expansion, Part 1
Tides of History
The Astronesian Languages of the Philippines
Astronesian languages of the philippines and tian have a cognate word for them that goes back to proto astronesian bards. Most indigenous tiens languages are spoken now by people who live far from the coast. But proto malaya, pol anesian, has a really rich vocabulary relating to the ocean. We see words for estuary, binama or minama, and harbor or lagoon, nama.
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