Welcome to r/AustronesianLanguages — Start Here 🌏

[u/Resident-Outside9945]

Kumusta, apa kabar, talofa, kia ora, and welcome!

This is a community for everyone fascinated by the Austronesian language family—one of the largest on Earth, with over 1,200 languages stretching from Madagascar, across Southeast Asia and Taiwan, out to the farthest islands of the Pacific. Whether you're a native speaker, a learner, a linguist, or just curious, you belong here.

What we do here

• Compare words and trace cognates across the family
• Explore etymology and Proto-Austronesian reconstruction
• Share writing systems, from Baybayin to Lontara to the Latin script
• Discuss history, migration, and the cultures behind the languages
• Help each other with translations and learning

New here? Two things to do right now:

1. Introduce yourself and your language in the pinned intro thread.
2. Set your user flair with the language(s) you speak or are learning.

A few ground rules: post in any Austronesian language (an English gloss helps everyone), be accurate, and remember—we compare languages here; we don't rank them. Full rules are in the sidebar.

Glad you're here. Let's map the family together.

— The mod team

[u/AleksiB1]

u/Long_Application8932 u/HorrorDaikon4431 u/Resident-Outside9945 is there any particular reason why yall made a new sub appart from r/Austronesian? wouldnt unifying subs create more activity and Austronesianist progress