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Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

This child group, under Austronesian (Oceanic) Languages, holds the western half of the New Guinea and Pacific subcategory's Austronesian membership: the Philippine languages, including the Bisayan, Central Philippine, Northern and Central Luzon and Cordilleran groups, the many languages of Borneo, including the Land Dayak, Barito, North Sarawakan and Sabahan groups, the Malayic and Sumatran languages, the Sulawesi languages, including the Celebic, Minahasan and South Sulawesi groups, the Lesser Sunda and southern Moluccan languages closer to the Philippine and Bornean side of the family than to Oceanic, the mainland Southeast Asian Chamic languages, and the Formosan languages of Taiwan, relabeled here from Eurasian Language Families because their own sourced description identifies them as Austronesian rather than as a member of any Eurasian phylum, together with the family's own highest level nodes, Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Austro-Tai and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, filed here as the branch's western anchor.

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Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia
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Apo Duat languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Aru languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Atayalic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Ati language (Philippines)

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Austronesian

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Austronesian-Ongan languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Austro-Tai

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Babar languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Badaic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Barito

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Batak

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Batanic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Berawan-Lower Baram languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Betawi language

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Bikol

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Bisakol languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Bisayan

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Bungku-Tolaki languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Bunun language

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Celebic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Central Cordilleran languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Central Flores languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Central Luzon languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Central Malayo-Polynesian languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Central Philippine languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Chamic

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Cocos Malay

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Danao languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Dusunic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

East Barito languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

East Formosan languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Favorlang

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Flores-Lembata languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Formosan

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Gorontalo-Mongondow languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Greater Central Philippine languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Greater North Borneo languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Ibanic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Kaili-Pamona languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Kalamian languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Kayan-Murik languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Kenyah languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Land Dayak languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Mahakam languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Makassar languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Malayic

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Malayo-Polynesian

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Manobo languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Minahasan languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Molbog-Bonggi languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Muna-Buton languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Musi languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

North Sarawakan languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Northeastern Luzon languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Northern Formosan languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Northern Luzon languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Northern Philippine languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Northern South Sulawesi languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Old Cham

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Paitanic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Paiwan language

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Philippine

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Proto-Austronesian language

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Puyuma language

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Rukai language

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Sabahan languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Saluan-Banggai languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Sama-Bajaw

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Sambalic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Sangiric languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Sirayaic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

South Mindanao languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

South Sulawesi languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Southern Cordilleran languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Southern Mindoro languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Southwest Tanimbar languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Subanen languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Sumba languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Sumba-Hawu languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Tamanic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Timoric languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Tomini-Tolitoli languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Tsouic languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

West Barito languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Western Malayo-Polynesian languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia

Wotu-Wolio languages

Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Philippine Languages
WikipediaLead section, language-count sentence
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Although the Philippines is near the center of Austronesian expansion from Taiwan, there is relatively little linguistic diversity among the approximately 150 Philippine languages, suggesting that earlier diversity has been erased by the spread of the ancestor of the modern Philippine languages.
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