- Source: List of major and official Austronesian languages
This is a list of major and official Austronesian languages, a language family originating from Taiwan, that is widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia and Madagascar.
Official languages
= Sovereign states
== Territories
=Major languages
= Languages with at least 3 million native speakers
=Javanese (100 million)
Tagalog (Filipino) (47 million native, ~100 million total)
Indonesian (42 million native, ~270 million total)
Sundanese (42 million)
Malay (30 million)
Cebuano (22 million native, ~30 million total)
Malagasy (17 million)
Madurese (14 million)
Batak (8.5 million, all dialects)
Ilokano (8 million native, ~10 million total)
Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) (7 million native, ~11 million total)
Minangkabau (7 million)
Bugis (5 million)
Bikol (4.6 million, all dialects)
Banjar (4.5 million)
Acehnese (3.5 million)
Balinese (3 million)
Dialects and creoles
= Dialects of major Austronesian languages
=Banyumas Javanese (15,000,000 native, Indonesia)
Kedah Malay (5,000,000 native, Malaysia)
Banten Sundanese (3,350,000 native, Indonesia)
Palembang Malay (3,100,000 native, Indonesia)
Central Bikol language (2,500,000 native, Philippines)
Batak Toba language (2,000,000 native, Indonesia)
Albay Bikol language (1,900,000 native, Philippines)
Kelantan Malay (1,600,000 native, Malaysia)
Pattani Malay (1,500,000 native, Thailand)
Perak Malay (1,400,000 native, Malaysia)
Batak Pakpak language (1,200,000 native, Indonesia)
Batak Simalungun language (1,200,000 native, Indonesia)
Batak Mandailing language (1,100,000 native, Indonesia)
Terengganu Malay (1,100,000 native, Malaysia)
Pahang Malay (1,000,000 native, Malaysia)
Batak Angkola language (750,000 native, Indonesia)
Jambi Malay (700,000 native, Indonesia)
Batak Karo language (600,000 native, Indonesia)
Osing Javanese (300,000 native, Indonesia)
Batak Alas language (200,000 native, Indonesia)
Itbayat language (3,500 native, Philippines)
Niihau dialect (500 native, Hawaii, United States)
= Creoles and pidgins based on Austronesian languages
=Betawi language (3,000,000 native, Indonesia)
Sabah Malay (3,000,000, Malaysia)
Manado Malay (850,000, Indonesia)
North Moluccan Malay (700,000, Indonesia)
Baba Malay (500,000, Indonesia and Malaysia)
Papuan Malay (500,000, Indonesia)
Ambonese Malay (250,000 native, Indonesia)
Sri Lanka Malay (50,000, Sri Lanka)
Lundayeh/Lun Bawang (55,000, East Malaysia Brunei and Indonesia)
Kelabit language (5,000, East Malaysia and Indonesia)
Cocos Malay (4,000, Australia and Malaysia)
Chetty Malay (300?, Malaysia)
Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin (40?, Australia)
Bahasa Rojak (?, Malaysia)
See also
Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association
References
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- Rumpun suku bangsa Austronesia
- List of major and official Austronesian languages
- Austronesian languages
- Languages of Taiwan
- Lists of languages
- Austronesian peoples
- List of languages by total number of speakers
- List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
- Languages of Africa
- Official languages of the United Nations
- Languages of Asia