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|name=Malayo-Polynesian |region= Southeast Asia and the Pacific |familycolor=Austronesian |child1= Borneo-Philippines |child2= Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian }} The Malayo-Polynesian Languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian Languages and comprise at least 351 million speakers. They are widely dispersed throughout the island territories of Southeast Asia and the Pacific , with a few members spoken on continental Asia . Malagasy is a geographic outlier spoken on Madagascar . The Malayo-Polynesian (MP) languages are divided into two major subgroups, the Western MP and the Central-Eastern MP . The Malayo-Polynesian languages tend to use Reduplication (repetition of all or part of a word) to express the plural, and like other Austronesian languages have simple Phonologies ; thus a text has few but frequent sounds. The majority also lack consonant clusters (e.g., or [mpt in English). Most also have only a small set of spoken vowels, five being a common number. Classification Traditional classifications divided Malayo-Polynesian into Western and Central-Eastern branches. However, Western MP does not appear to be a valid node, and has been split into Inner and Outer clades. For a more recent classification, see Austronesian Languages . Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) Western Malayo-Polynesian has about 350 million speakers and includes Indonesian Malay , Malaysian Malay , and Sundanese , Javanese , Acehnese , Tagalog , Cebuano , Ilokano , Hiligaynon , Bikol , Kapampangan , and Waray-Waray , Buginese , Malagasy , Chamorro and many others. Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) and Micronesian . Micronesian includes the languages spoken by the native peoples of Micronesia such as Gilbertese or Nauruan . Polynesian languages include Hawai'ian , Maori , Samoan , Tahitian , Tongan and Tuvaluan . All of the said languages have official status in the countries and territories of the Pacific Ocean where they are spoken. Ethnologue Classification Ethnologue has classified these languages into 23 groups. The country(s) listed beside each group(s) is where the group is primarily spoken. Bali-Sasak, Gayo, Javanese, Kayan-Murik, Lampungic, Madurese, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Sundanese- Indonesia Meso Philippine, Northern Philipine, Sama-Bajaw, South Mindanao, South Philippine- Philippines Land Dayak, Malayic, Northwest- Indonesia and Malaysia Barito- Indonesia and Madagascar Central-Eastern- Indonesia , Pacific Islands including New Guinea Punan-Nibong- Malaysia Chamorro- Guam and Northern Marianas Islands Palauan- Palau Source http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=89852 |