Belongs here: Indonesian, Malay, Javanese, Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Sundanese, the Malagasy language of Madagascar, and the Polynesian languages Hawaiian, Samoan and Rapa Nui, all descended from a common Austronesian ancestor despite their geographic spread from Madagascar to Easter Island. Does not belong here: a mainland Southeast Asian language such as Vietnamese, Khmer or Thai; none of those are Austronesian.
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1. Wikipedia: Austronesian Languages
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They are spoken by approximately 386 million people (4.4% of the world population).
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