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Common names include Giant Taro and Elephant Ear Taro, while words for the plant in the various Polynesian languages include Kape (Niuean, Tongan), Ape (Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian, Hawaiian), "ta'amu" in Samoan language, and Pulaka (Tuvalu).
French linguist and Sinologist Laurent Sagart considers the Austronesian languages to be related to the Sino-Tibetan languages, and also groups the Tai–Kadai languages as more closely related to the Malayo-Polynesian languages.
"Fatu-liva" is a theoretically possible transcription of terms like fatu riva ("encircled rock") in some Polynesian languages.
Kona is a Hawaiian language term (related to similar words in other Polynesian languages) for the western (to southwestern) side of an island.
Marshallese language, a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Marshall Islands
Hawaiian, like the Polynesian languages generally, is an isolating language, so its verbal grammar exclusively relies on unconjugated verbs.
Moken is often classified in a group with the other Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia, Chamic and Malayic, but Adelaar (2005) concludes that they do not belong together.
Narom language, sometimes spelt Narum, a Malayo-Polynesian language
Oceanic Linguistics is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the indigenous languages of the Oceanic area and parts of Southeast Asia, including the indigenous Australian languages, the Papuan languages of New Guinea, and the languages of the Austronesian (or Malayo-Polynesian) family.
The Ornithological Society of Polynesia (French: Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie), also known as Manu, a Polynesian word for “bird”, is an environmental non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in Polynesia.
Tongan and Niuean constitute the Tongic branch and all others are part of the Nuclear Polynesian branch.
Sikule language, Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Simeulue Island, Aceh Province, Indonesia (ISO 639-3 code)
Brains which have Japanese and Polynesian languages as the "operating system" process sounds differently from other systems.
Pa‘umotu is closely related to the languages of eastern Polynesian including Hawaiian, Māori, Cook Islands Māori and Rapa Nui, the language of Easter Island.