Home›Austronesian Languages›Language Family (Classification)Browse ByLanguage Family (Classification)This dimension links a language to the wider family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes Spanish as "a Romance language of the Indo-European language family," placing it inside two nested groupings at once. Browsing by language family gathers languages that share the same distant common ancestor.FactsLanguage Family (Classification)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested386 1Language Family (Classification)Filter Results10 entriesRegionAllAfrica (2)Asia (4)Australia (8)East Asia (1)Europe (1)Maritime Southeast Asia (1)South America (1)Southeast Asia (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (6)16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (3)430,000 to 5,500,000 (4)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (1)National Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) (2)Official Language (7)Recognized Regional or Minority Language (3)StatusAllLiving (10)Script UsedAllArabic Script (1)Balinese Script (2)Javanese Script (1)Latin Script (9)Rongorongo (1)Language KindAllCritically Endangered (2)Definitely Endangered (3)Safe (8)TonalAllNot Tonal (5)Word OrderAllOther (4)SVO (2)VSO (6)Period Start YearAll301 (1)683 (1)801 (2)1401 (2)1521 (2)1601 (2)1663 (2)1801 (3)1835 (2)Classification ConfidenceAllEstablished (8)Number of LanguagesAll2 (1)3 (1)12 (1)27 (1)46 (1)51 (1)1255 (1)1276 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (9)Speaker CountAll12,928,780 (1)326,000,000 (1)385,500,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAustronesianLanguage Family (Classification)6 entriesBali-Sasak-Sumbawa languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryBisayanLanguage Family (Classification)3 entriesCentral Pacific languagesLanguage Family (Classification)2 entriesEast Barito languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryMalayo-PolynesianLanguage Family (Classification)11 entriesMarquesic languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryNorthern Luzon languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryTahitic languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryTongic languagesLanguage Family (Classification)1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Austronesian Languagestier 2Wikimedia FoundationLead section, first paragraphQuote, Lead section, first paragraphThey are spoken by approximately 386 million people (4.4% of the world population).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.