western malayo-polynesian

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Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Western Malayo-Polynesian languages, also known as the Hesperonesian languages, are those Malayo-Polynesian languages which are not in the Central–Eastern branch. Since there are no features which define these languages positively as a group, recent classifications have abandoned it.

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western malayo-polynesian

western malayo-polynesian
western meadowlark n : a meadowlark of western north america [syn: sturnella neglecta ]





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Western Malayo-Polynesian

Noun
1. a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
(hypernym) Malayo-Polynesian
(hyponym) Malay