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Definitions of Austronesian:
  • noun:   the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
  • noun:   a native or inhabitant of Austronesia
  • adjective:   of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture



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