List of major and official Austronesian languages

This is a list of major and official Austronesian languages, a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia and Madagascar.

Official languages

Sovereign countries

Language	Speakers	Native name	Official status
Fijian	50,000	Na Vosa Vakaviti	Fiji
Filipino	100,000,000	Wikang Filipino	Philippines
Gilbertese	103,000	Taetae ni Kiribati	Kiribati
Malay/Indonesian	250,000,000	Bahasa Melayu/Indonesia بهاس ملايو/مليسيا	Malaysia Indonesia Singapore Brunei
Malagasy	18,000,000	Fiteny Malagasy	Madagascar
Māori	150,000	Te Reo Māori	New Zealand
Marshallese	55,000	Kajin M̧ajeļ	Marshall Islands
Nauruan	6,000	Dorerin Naoero	Nauru
Palauan	15,000	Tekoi er a Belau	Palau
Samoan	70,000	Gagana Samoa	Samoa
Tetum	800,000	Lia-Tetun	East Timor
Tongan	108,000	Lea-Faka Tonga	Tonga
Tuvaluan	13,000	Te Ggana/Gagana Tuuvalu	Tuvalu

Territories

Language	Speakers	Native name	Official status
Carolinian	5,700	Refaluwasch	Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
Chamorro	60,000	Fino' Chamoru	Guam (US) Northern Mariana Islands (US)
Cook Islands Māori	14,000	Māori Kūki 'Āirani Te Reo Ipukarea	Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Hawaiian	8,000	'Ōlelo Hawai'i	Hawaii (US)
Niuean	8,000	Ko e Vagahau Niuē	Niue (NZ)
Rapa Nui	5,000	Vananga Rapa Nui	Easter Island (Chile)
Samoan	55,000	Gagana Samoa	American Samoa (US)
Sonsorolese	600	Ramari Dongosaro	Sonsorol (Palau)
Tahitian	120,000	Reo Mā'ohi/Tahiti	French Polynesia (France)
Tobian	100	Ramarih Hatohobei	Hatohobei (Palau)
Tokelauan	3,500	Gagana Tokelau	Tokelau (NZ)

Major languages

Languages with at least 4 million native speakers

• Javanese (76 million)
• Filipino / Tagalog (47 million native, ~100 million total)
• Malay / Indonesian, (45 million native, ~250 million total)
• Sundanese (39 million)
• Cebuano (19 million native, ~30 million total)
• Malagasy (17 million)
• Madurese (14 million)
• Ilokano (8 million native, ~10 million total)
• Hiligaynon (7 million native, ~11 million total)
• Minangkabau (7 million)
• Batak (7 million, all dialects)
• Bikol (4.6 million, all dialects)
• Banjar (4.5 million)
• Balinese (4 million)

Dialects and Creoles

Dialects of major Austronesian languages

• Banyumas Javanese, (1,000,000 native, Indonesia)
• Osing Javanese (300,000 native, Indonesia)
• Batak Angkola language (750,000 native, Indonesia)
• Batak Karo language (600,000 native, Indonesia)
• Batak Mandailing language (1,100,000 native, Indonesia)
• Batak Toba language (2,000,000 native, Indonesia)
• Central Bikol language (2,500,000 native, Philippines)
• Albay Bikol language (1,900,000 native, Philippines)
• Itbayat language, (3,500 native, Philippines)
• Batak Pakpak language (1,200,000 native, Indonesia)
• Pattani Malay (1,500,000 native, Thailand)
• Kelantan Malay (1,600,000 native, Malaysia)
• Terengganu Malay, (1,100,000 native, Malaysia)
• Pahang Malay, (1,000,000 native, Malaysia)
• Perak Malay, (1,400,000 native, Malaysia)
• Jambi Malay, (700,000 native, Indonesia)
• Kedah Malay, (5,000,000 native, Malaysia)
• Palembang Malay, (3,100,000 native, Indonesia)

Creoles and pidgins based on Austronesian languages

• Betawi language, (3,000,000 native, Indonesia)
• Sri Lanka Malay, (50,000, Sri Lanka)
• Cocos Malay, (4000, Australia and Malaysia)
• Baba Malay, (500,000 Indonesia and Malaysia)
• Sabah Malay, (3,000,000, Malaysia)
• Ambonese Malay, (250,000 native, Indonesia
• Papuan Malay, (500,000, Indonesia)
• Manado Malay, (850,000, Indonesia)
• North Moluccan Malay, (700,000, Indonesia)
• Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin, (40?, Australia)
• Chetty Malay, (300?, Malaysia)
• Bahasa Rojak, (Malaysia)

See also

• Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association