Austronesian languages, by contrast, may have the simplest sounds of any language family.

与之形成对比的是南岛语族，它们可能是所有语系中发音最简单的。

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Timor Leste's two official languages are Portuguese and Tetum, a local Austronesian language.

东帝汶的两种官方语言是葡萄牙语和德顿语，德顿语是澳斯特罗尼西亚的一种地方语。

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The Austronesian Family comprises up to 1000 different languages scattered over one third of the Southern Hemisphere.

澳斯特罗尼亚语系包括多达1000种语言，它们散布在南半球的三分之一以上的区域。

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These are Indo-European, Bantu, Austronesian (from South-East Asia and the Pacific) and Uto-Aztecan (the native vernaculars of the Americas).

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For their studies, the team studied the characteristics of word order in four language families: Indo-European, Uto-Aztec, Bantu and Austronesian.

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Split into two sections, "Philippines: An Archipelago of Exchange" explores both the archipelago's diverse Austronesian roots in its mountainous regions and its rich maritime history as a Pacific trading hub.

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