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33-402: The following consonants can be reconstructed for Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (Blust 2009): The phonetic value of the reconstructed sounds *p, *b, *w, *m, *t, *d, *n, *s, *l, *r, *k, *g, *ŋ, *q, *h was as indicated by the spelling. The symbols *ñ, *y, *z, *D, *j, *R are orthographic conventions first introduced by Dyen (1947). The assumed phonetic values are given in the table. This consonant system

66-557: A different way: As Proto-Austronesian transitioned to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic , and Proto-Polynesian , the phonemic inventories were continually reduced by merging formerly distinct sounds into one sound. Three mergers were observed in the Proto-Austronesian to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian transition, while nine were observed for the Proto-Oceanic to Proto-Polynesian transition. Thus, Proto-Austronesian has

99-501: A professor of linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa . A total of 25 Proto-Austronesian consonants, 4 vowels, and 4 diphthongs were reconstructed. However, Blust acknowledges that some of the reconstructed consonants are still controversial and debated. The symbols below are frequently used in reconstructed Proto-Austronesian words. *D only appears in final position, *z/*c/*ñ only in initial and medial position, while *j

132-463: Is based on Ross (1992). Otto Dempwolff 's reconstruction of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian from the 1930s included: Dyen (1963), including data from the Formosan languages, expanded Dempwolff's set of coronal consonants: Tsuchida (1976), building on Dyen's system: Dahl reduced Tsuchida's consonants into: Blust based his system on a combination of Dyen, Tsuchida and Dahl, and attempted to reduce

165-1007: Is because the Ilocano homeland is the west coast of northern Luzon, while the Puyuma homeland is on the eastern coast of southern Taiwan. Among the Bontok, Kankanaey, and Ifugaw languages of northern Luzon, the reflexes of *daya mean "sky" because they already live in some of the highest elevations in the Philippines (Blust 2009:301). Also, the Malay reflex of *lahud is laut , which means "sea", used as directions timur laut (means "northeast", timur = "east") and barat laut (means "northwest", barat = "west"). Meanwhile, *daya only performs in barat daya , which means "southwest". Below are reconstructed Proto-Austronesian, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian numbers from

198-597: Is from Ross' 2002 proposal of the Proto-Austronesian pronominal system, which contains five categories, including the free (i.e., independent or unattached), free polite, and three genitive categories. Proto-Austronesian vocabulary relating to agriculture and other technological innovations include: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian innovations include: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian also has several words for house: Below are colors in reconstructed Proto-Austronesian, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, Proto-Oceanic, and Proto-Polynesian. The first three have been reconstructed by Robert Blust , while

231-534: Is particularly developed in Oceanic languages . CV (consonant + vowel) reduplication is very common among the Austronesian languages. In Proto-Austronesian, Ca-reduplicated (consonant + /a/) numbers were used to count humans, while the non-reduplicated sets were used to count non-human and inanimate objects. CV-reduplication was also used to nominalize verbs in Proto-Austronesian. In Ilocano, CV-reduplication

264-413: Is quite similar to the ancestral Proto-Austronesian ( PAN ) system, but is characterized by three mergers: The Proto-Austronesian vowels *a, *i, *u, *e (*e representing /ə/) and final diphthongs *ay, *aw, *uy, *iw remained unchanged. In a study from 2016, Roger Blench has raised doubts that there was actually a single unitary Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language. Rather, Malayo-Polynesian expansion across

297-399: Is reconstructed by constructing sets of correspondences among consonants in the various Austronesian languages, according to the comparative method . Although in theory the result should be unambiguous, in practice given the large number of languages there are numerous disagreements, with various scholars differing significantly on the number and nature of the phonemes in Proto-Austronesian. In

330-640: Is restricted to medial and final position. The Proto-Austronesian vowels are a, i, u, and ə. The diphthongs , which are diachronic sources of individual vowels, are: In 2010, John Wolff published his Proto-Austronesian reconstruction in Proto-Austronesian phonology with glossary . Wolff reconstructs a total of 19 consonants, 4 vowels (*i, *u, *a, *e, where *e = /ə/ ), 4 diphthongs (*ay, *aw, *iw, *uy), and syllabic stress. The following table shows how Wolff's Proto-Austronesian phonemic system differs from Blust's system. According to Malcolm Ross,

363-457: Is used to pluralize nouns. Reduplication patterns include (Blust 2009): Other less common patterns are (Blust 2009): The Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian personal pronouns below were reconstructed by Robert Blust . In 2006, Malcolm Ross also proposed seven different pronominal categories for persons. The categories are listed below, with the Proto-Austronesian first person singular ("I") given as examples. The following

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396-887: The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary . Proto-Austronesian language Proto-Austronesian (commonly abbreviated as PAN or PAn ) is a proto-language . It is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian languages , one of the world's major language families . Proto-Austronesian is assumed to have begun to diversify c.  4000 BCE  – c.  3500 BCE in Taiwan . Lower-level reconstructions have also been made, and include Proto-Malayo-Polynesian , Proto-Oceanic , and Proto-Polynesian . Recently, linguists such as Malcolm Ross and Andrew Pawley have built large lexicons for Proto-Oceanic and Proto-Polynesian. Proto-Austronesian

429-563: The Luzon Strait consisted of multi-ethnic crews rapidly settling across various locations in maritime Southeast Asia , as suggested by both archaeological and linguistic evidence. There was also a Malayo-Polynesian migration to Hainan ; Blench (2016) notes that both Hlai and Austronesian peoples use the foot-braced backstrap loom as well. Below are selected animal and plant names in Proto-Malayo-Polynesian from

462-607: The Philippines are also well known for their unusual morphosyntactic alignment , which is known as the symmetrical voice (also known as the Austronesian alignment). This alignment was also present in the Proto-Austronesian language. Unlike Proto-Austronesian, however, Proto-Oceanic syntax does not make use of the focus morphology present in Austronesian-aligned languages such as the Philippine languages . In

495-591: The Polynesian languages , verbal morphology is relatively simple, while the main unit in a sentence is the phrase rather than the word. Below is a table of John Wolff's Proto-Austronesian voice system from Blust (2009:433). Wolff's "four-voice" system was derived from evidence in various Formosan and Philippine languages. However, Ross (2009) notes that what may be the most divergent languages, Tsou , Rukai , and Puyuma , are not addressed by this reconstruction, which therefore cannot claim to be alignment system of

528-524: The Solomon Islands , and Micronesia are SVO , or verb-medial, languages. SOV , or verb-final, word order is considered to be typologically unusual for Austronesian languages, and is only found in various Austronesian languages of New Guinea and to a more limited extent, the Solomon Islands . This is because SOV word order is very common in the non-Austronesian Papuan languages . The Austronesian languages of Taiwan , Borneo , Madagascar and

561-411: The bidu cognate with PMP *pitu; xaseb-a-turu 'eight' ('five-and-three'), with the baturu cognate with PMP *walu; xaseb-i-supat 'nine' ('five-and-four'), with the supa (< PAn *Sepat 'four') cognate with PMP *Siwa. The Proto-Austronesian language had different sets of numerals for non-humans ("set A") and humans ("set B") (Blust 2009:279). Cardinal numerals for counting humans are derived from

594-592: The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database. Note that *lima 'five', ultimately the root for 'hand', is not found for 'five' in some Formosan languages, such as Pazeh, Saisiat, Luilang, Favorlang and Taokas; numerals cognate with Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 6–10 are found in Amis, Basay, Bunun, Kanakanabu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa and Tsou. Pazeh, Favorlang, Saisiat and Taokas reflect *RaCep 'five'. Laurent Sagart suggests that this

627-532: The Proto-Polynesian words given below were reconstructed by Andrew Pawley . Proto-Polynesian displays many innovations not found in the other proto-languages. The Proto-Austronesians used two types of directions, which are the land-sea axis and the monsoon axis. The cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west developed among the Austronesian languages only after contact with the Europeans. For

660-408: The flexible front part of the tongue . Among places of articulation, only the coronal consonants can be divided into as many articulation types: apical (using the tip of the tongue), laminal (using the blade of the tongue), domed (with the tongue bunched up), or subapical (using the underside of the tongue) as well as different postalveolar articulations (some of which also involve the back of

693-427: The following aspects of Blust's system are uncontroversial: the labials (p b m w); the velars k ŋ; y; R; the vowels; and the above four diphthongs. There is some disagreement about the postvelars (q ʔ h) and the velars g j, and about whether there are any more diphthongs; however, in these respects, Ross and Blust are in agreement. The major disagreement concerns the system of coronal consonants . The following discussion

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726-672: The following three sound changes. Proto-Oceanic merged even more phonemes. This is why modern-day Polynesian languages have some of the most restricted consonant inventories in the world. Unusual sound changes that occurred within the Austronesian language family include: Proto-Austronesian is a verb-initial language (including VSO and VOS word orders), as most Formosan languages , all Philippine languages , some Bornean languages , all Austronesian dialects of Madagascar , and all Polynesian languages are verb-initial. However, most Austronesian (many of which are Oceanic ) languages of Indonesia , New Guinea , New Caledonia , Vanuatu ,

759-661: The land-sea axis, upstream/uphill and inland, as well as downstream/downhill and seaward, are synonym pairs. This has been proposed as evidence that Proto-Austronesians used to live on a mainland, since the sea would be visible from all angles on small islands. In Kavalan, Amis, and Tagalog, the reflexes of *timuR mean "south" or "south wind," while in the languages of the southern Philippines and Indonesia it means "east" or "east wind." In Ilocano , dáya and láud respectively mean "east" and "west," while in Puyuma , ɖaya and ɭauɖ respectively mean "west" and "east." This

792-434: The ligature *na and locative *i. Morphology and syntax are often hard to separate in the Austronesian languages, particularly the Philippine languages . This is because the morphology of the verbs often affects how the rest of the sentence would be constructed (i.e., syntax). Below are some Proto-Austronesian affixes (including prefixes , infixes , and suffixes ) reconstructed by Robert Blust . For instance, *pa-

825-633: The most elaborate sound system, while Proto-Polynesian has the fewest phonemes. For instance, the Hawaiian language is famous for having only eight consonants, while Māori has only ten consonants. This is a sharp reduction from the 19–25 consonants of the Proto-Austronesian language that was originally spoken on Taiwan or Kinmen . Blust also observed the following mergers and sound changes between Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. However, according to Wolff (2010:241), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian's development from Proto-Austronesian only included

858-498: The non-human numerals through Ca-reduplication. This bipartite numeral system is found in Thao, Puyuma, Yami, Chamorro, and various other languages (however, Paiwan uses ma- and manə- to derive human numerals). In many Philippine languages such as Tagalog, the two numeral systems are merged (Blust 2009:280–281). Coronal consonant Coronals , previously called point-and-blade consonants , are consonants articulated with

891-515: The past, some disagreements concerned whether certain correspondence sets were real or represent sporadic developments in particular languages. For the currently remaining disagreements, however, scholars generally accept the validity of the correspondence sets but disagree on the extent to which the distinctions in these sets can be projected back to proto-Austronesian or represent innovations in particular sets of daughter languages. Below are Proto-Austronesian phonemes reconstructed by Robert Blust ,

924-440: The protolanguage of the entire family. He calls the unit to which this reconstruction applies Nuclear Austronesian . The following table compares Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian question words. Currently, the most complete reconstruction of the Proto-Austronesian case marker system is offered by Malcolm Ross . The reconstructed case markers are as follows: Important Proto-Austronesian grammatical words include

957-399: The tongue as an articulator): palato-alveolar , alveolo-palatal and retroflex . Only the front of the tongue (coronal) has such dexterity among the major places of articulation, allowing such variety of distinctions. Coronals have another dimension, grooved , to make sibilants in combination with the orientations above. Coronal places of articulation include the dental consonants at

990-425: The total number of phonemes. He accepted Dahl's reduction of Dyen's S X x into S but did not accept either Tsuchida's or Dahl's split of Dyen's d; in addition, he reduced Dyen's s 1 s 2 to a single phoneme s. While accepting Dyen's c, he was hesitant about T and D (more recently, Blust appears to have accepted D but rejected T, and also rejected Z). Ross likewise attempted to reduce the number of phonemes, but in

1023-544: The upper teeth , the alveolar consonants at the upper gum (the alveolar ridge ), the various postalveolar consonants (including domed palato-alveolar, laminal alveolo-palatal , and apical retroflex) just behind that, the subapical retroflex consonants curled back against the hard palate , and linguolabial consonants with the tongue against the upper lip. Alveolo-palatal and linguolabial consonants sometimes behave as dorsal and labial consonants, respectively, rather than as coronals. In Arabic and Maltese philology,

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1056-470: Was the PAn root, replaced by *lima in a lineage that lead to the remaining languages, rather than the reverse, because it seems to be retained in proto-Malayo-Polynesian in the forms 7, 8, 9, which appear to be disyllabic contractions of additive phrases attested from some of the western Formosan languages, especially Pazeh: Pazeh xaseb-uza 'six' (literally 'five-one'); xaseb-i-dusa 'seven' ('five-and-two'), with

1089-505: Was used for non-stative (i.e., dynamic) causatives, while *pa-ka was used for stative causatives (Blust 2009:282). Blust also noted a p/m pairing phenomenon in which many affixes have both p- and m- forms. This system is especially elaborate in the Thao language of Taiwan. A verbal prefix *paRi- is also reconstructed (albeit at the lower level of PEMP Tooltip Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ), for “reciprocal or collective action”; it

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