Home›New Guinea and Pacific Language Families›Region›East AsiaBrowse ByEast AsiaRegion names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.FactsEast AsiaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested840 1East AsiaFilter Results6 entriesMacro-areaAllAustronesian (Oceanic) Languages (6)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (6)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAustronesian (1)Malayo-Polynesian (1)Speaker Count BandAll798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (2)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (2)Classification StatusAllEstablished (3)Number of LanguagesAll16 to 1,408 (3)In GroupAllAustronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6AustronesianEast AsiaAustronesian-Ongan languagesEast AsiaAustro-TaiEast AsiaGreater North Borneo languagesEast AsiaMalayo-PolynesianEast AsiaWestern Malayo-Polynesian languagesEast AsiaSources1. Wikipedia: Languages Of Papua New GuineaWikimedia FoundationLead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Quote, Lead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Ethnologue, among other sources, state that there are 840 living languages spoken in the country, although estimates vary due to the distinction between a language and a dialect.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.