Austronesians,
Austronesian peoples or
Austronesian-speaking peoples are various populations in
Asia,
Oceania and
Africa that speak languages of the
Austronesian family. They include
Taiwanese aborigines; the majority ethnic groups of
Malaysia,
East Timor,
Philippines,
Indonesia,
Brunei,
Singapore,
Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
Madagascar,
Micronesia, and
Polynesia, as well as the Polynesian peoples of
New Zealand and
Hawaii, and the non-
Papuan people of
Melanesia. They are also found in the minorities of the Pattani region of
Thailand, the
Cham areas in
Vietnam,
Cambodia, and
Hainan, parts of
Sri Lanka, southern
Myanmar and certain islands of the
Andaman Islands. The territories populated by Austronesian-speaking peoples are known collectively as
Austronesia.