Complex genetic data now confirms that mitochondrial DNA found in Pacific islanders was present in Island Southeast Asia at a much earlier period. The languages known as Austronesian are spoken by ...

Austronesian languages are spread across half the globe, from Easter Island to Madagascar. Evidence from linguistics and archaeology indicates that the ‘Austronesian expansion,’ which began ...

In the 17th and 18th centuries, navigators exploring the Pacific and Indian oceans discovered that the languages spoken on many islands, spanning from Madagascar in the west to Polynesia in the east, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shutterstock/weniliou The study of Indigenous languages spoken in maritime South-East Asia today has shed new light on the ...

Featuring artifacts that showcase the cultural and lifestyle heritage of Austronesian-speaking peoples, the Keqiutou Site Museum in Pingtan, East China's Fujian Province, recently added a total of 103 ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Small Island Big Song (小島大歌) is a successful music and film project that connects with Austronesian culture by working with hundreds of famous musicians from 16 island countries ...

Over the years, Microsoft Translator has become an integral component for an increasing number of applications and platforms, including Bing, Skype, and Cortana on Windows 10. It has also appeared as ...

A book to be published this week, "T o the End of the Earth", claims that ancient Europeans visited and even lived in New Zealand 2,000 or more years ago. (Refer Egyptians, Greeks came to New Zealand ...

“Mana” is a staple of modern game design, the go-to resource wielded by millions of magi and warlocks and wardens and paladins. Whenever spells and incantations of immeasurable power are hurled at ...