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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Used as the name for the austronesian language that is based on tagalog draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages and is the official language of the Philippines.

菲律宾语用作基于塔加拉语的奥特罗尼西亚语的名称，从其它菲律宾语言中提取词素，并且做为菲律宾的官方语言。

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Used as the name for the Austronesian language that is based on Tagalog, draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages, and is the official language of the Philippines.

以塔加路语为基础；从其它菲律宾语言中形成它的全部词汇。

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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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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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