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Link Sink for Formosan & Malayo-Polynesian Linguistics Last modified: Tue 10/27/98 1615 PST

Table of Contents

• Family-Wide Resources
• Resources for Multiple Languages
• Resources for Specific Languages (Ethnologue Taxonomy)
• Austronesian [1,236]
• Formosan [23]
• Malayo-Polynesian (MP) [1,213]
• Western MP (WMP) [528]
• Central-Eastern MP (CEMP) [683]
• Central MP (CMP) [149]
• Eastern MP (EMP) [532]
• Unclassified CEMP [2]
• Unclassified MP [2]
• Pidgins & Creoles

Table of Contents: Formosan

[no Formosan resources currently catalogued]

Table of Contents: Western Malayo-Polynesian (WMP)

Western MP (WMP) [528]

• Palauan [1]
• Yapese [1]
• Yapese
• Chamorro [1]
• Chamorro
• North-Philippine [70]
• Bashiic-Central Luzon-Northern Mindoro [16]
• Pampangan
• Northern Luzon [54]
• Ilocano
• Meso-Philippine [60]
• Central Philippine [46]
• Bikol [8]
• Bisayan [21]
• Cebuano
• Mamanwa [1]
• Mansakan [9]
• Tagalog [1]
• Tagalog
• Unclassified [6]
• Kalamian [3]
• Palawano [7]
• South Mangyan [4]
• South-Philippine [22]
• South-Mindanao [5]
• Sama-Bajaw [9]
• Borneo [137]
• Malagasy
• Sulawesi [112]
• Central Sulawesi [46]
• Balantak
• Mongondow-Gorontalo [11]
• Gorontalo
• Muna-Buton [16]
• Tukang Besi
• Sangir-Minahasan [10]
• South Sulawesi [29]
• Sundic [109]
• Bali-Sasak [3]
• Bali
• Sasak
• Gayo [1]
• Javanese [5]
• Javanese
• Lampungic [7]
• Madurese [2]
• Malayic [72]
• Indonesian
• Malay
• Mbaloh [2]
• Sumatra [13]
• Sundanese [2]
• Sunda
• Unclassified [2]
• Unclassified WMP [1]

Table of Contents: Central Malayo-Polynesian (CMP)

[no Central MP resources currently catalogued]

Table of Contents: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (EMP)

Eastern MP (EMP) [532]

• South Halmahera-West New Guinea [39]
• Oceanic [493]
• Admiralties [31]
• Central-Eastern Oceanic [231]
• Remote Oceanic [198]
• Central Pacific [44]
• East Fijian-Polynesian [42]
• East Fijian [4]
• Fijian
• Polynesian [38]
• West Fijian-Rotuman [2]
• Rotuman
• Eastern Outer Islands [6]
• Loyalty Islands [3]
• Micronesian [20]
• New Caledonian [30]
• North & Central Vanuatu [95]
• South Vanuatu [9]
• Southeast Solomonic [24]
• Western Oceanic [231]

Table of Contents: Polynesian

Polynesian [38]

• Nuclear [36]
• East [13]
• Central [12]
• Marquesic [4]
• Hawaiian
• Tahitic [7]
• Maori
• Tahitian
• Unclassified [1]
• Rapanui [1]
• Samoic-Outlier [23]
• East Uvean-Niuafo'ou [2]
• Ellicean [8]
• Tuvalu
• Futunic [9]
• Pukapuka [1]
• Samoan [1]
• Samoan
• Tokelauan [1]
• Unclassified [1]
• Tongic [2]
• Tongan

Table of Contents: Micronesian

Micronesian [20]

• Micronesian Proper [19]
• Ikiribati [1]
• Kiribati
• Kusaiean [1]
• Marshallese [1]
• Marshallese
• Ponapeic-Trukic [16]
• Ponapean
• Nauruan [1]
• Nauruan

Table of Contents: Pidgins & Creoles

Pidgins & Creoles

• Pidgins
• English-Based
• Neo-Melanesian
• Pitcairn English Pidgin
• Malay-Based
• Motu-Based
• Creoles
• Malay-Based
• Tetun-Based

Family-Wide Resources

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Austronesian On-Line (Assoc. for the Study of Austronesian Languages)
• FMP-List Home Page [this website]
• Language Data & Description
• Austronesian Language Family [Ethnologue, 13th ed.] (Joseph E. Grimes/Barbara F. Grimes)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Resources for Multiple Languages

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Less Commonly Taught Languages Project (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Central Pacific Islands Project (Henry Lundsgaarde)
• The Filipino Home Page
• Oceanic Linguistics [print periodical]
• Preservation of Languages in Indonesia Project (Ohio U)
• Language Data & Description
• IRIS: A Data Base for Cross-Linguistic Phonetic Research (Olle Engstrand/Una Cunningham-Andersson)
• Ethnologue, 13th edition (Joseph E. Grimes/Barbara F. Grimes)
• Malay-Based Creoles
• Malay-Based Pidgins
• Motu-Based Pidgins
• Tetun-Based Creoles
• Polynesian Kinship Appendix (Jeff Marck)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Bimasakti Iahoo [Indonesian Yahoo!] (Adison Hana/Permias Austin)
• Formosan Aboriginals (Wu-Peng Chou)
• Shung Ye Museum Formosan Aborigines (Stephanie Ho/Sung Chih-hsiung)
• Folk Stories of Taiwan (Houston Taiwanese School of Languages and Culture)
• Who are the Mountain People? [Formosans] (J.F. Keating/Sung Chih-hsiung)
• Pacific Islands Internet Resources (Michael R. Ogden)
• Syllabus and Bibliography Collection Online: Resources on the Pacific Islands for Teaching (Pacific Studies Initiative)
• Republika Online [Indonesian]
• Indonesian Home Page (Budi Rahardjo)
• Indonesian Mailing Lists [index of electronic listservers] (Budi Rahardjo)
• IndoWebs: WWW Servers Related to Indonesia (Budi Rahardjo)
• Indonesian Newspapers & Magazines (Syafedi Syafei)
• Formosan Aborigines Introduction (Chin-Yu Roman Tsai)
• Usenet: alt.culture.french-polynesia
• Usenet: alt.culture.indonesia
• Usenet: soc.culture.asean
• Usenet: soc.culture.filipino
• Usenet: soc.culture.indonesia
• Usenet: soc.culture.malaysia
• Usenet: soc.culture.native
• Usenet: soc.culture.pacific-island
• Usenet: soc.culture.singapore
• Usenet: soc.culture.singapore.moderated
• Usenet: soc.culture.taiwan
• The Tribes of Taiwan (Cliff Vost/Sung Chih-hsiung)
• Indonesian Mailing Lists [index of electronic listservers] (Yamada LC)

Resources for Specific Languages

Balantak

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Daily Conversations in Balantak (Ohio U PLI Project)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Bali

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Bali [under construction] (Ohio U PLI Project)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Cebuano

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Cebuano (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Chamorro

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Chamorro Language Translator [PC Shareware] (U Guam)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Chamorro (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Fino Chamorro (Herman Perez)
• Chamorro Lesson Archive (U Guam)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• A Pre-Missionary Manuscript Record of the Chamorro, Micronesia (Karl R. Wernhart)

Fijian

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Fijian Common Words and Phrases (David Rowell)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Gorontalo

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Gorontalo [under construction] (Ohio U PLI Project)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Hawaiian

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Hale Kuamo'o [Hawaiian Language Center]
• Language Data & Description
• Dictionary (Hale Kuamo'o)
• Hawaiian Dictionary [excerpts] (Mary Kawena Pukui)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• The Alternative Hawaiian Dictionary (Hans-Christian Holm)
• Hawaiian Language Resources (BYUH Language Center)
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Hawaiian (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Click Hawaiian Phrases (Coconut Info)
• Learn to Speak a Little Hawaiian (Ernie Robello)
• Hawaiian Pronunciation (travlang)
• Hawaiian for Travellers (travlang)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Resources (Hale Kuamo'o)
• Hawaiian Fonts (Yamada Language Center, U Oregon)
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Usenet: alt.culture.hawaii
• Usenet: alt.culture.hawaii.irc
• Usenet: soc.culture.hawaii

Ilocano

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Ilocano (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• The Too-Ilocano Homepage (Ferdinand B. Barbero)

Indonesian

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Wisma Bahasa [language school]
• Language Data & Description
• Indonesian Dictionary [zipped file, comma-delimited text] (Andrew Payne)
• English-Indonesian Dictionary (Budi Rahardjo)
• Postscript File
• Compressed Unix Tarfile of LaTeX Source
• Zipped DOS File
• English-Indonesian Dictionary [zip file] (Hantarto Widjaja)
• Indonesian [under construction] (Ohio U PLI Project)
• Kamus Indonesia-Inggris (Syafedi Syafei)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• As Easy As Learning Indonesian Page (Herman Jusuf)
• The Alternative Indonesian Dictionary (Hans-Christian Holm)
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Indonesian (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Indonesian [shareware demo] (Liberation Philology)
• DOS Part 1
• DOS Part 2
• Macintosh
• Indonesian and English Conversation (Syafedi Syafei)
• Bahasa Indonesia for Travellers (travlang)
• LLC Indonesian Resources (U Washington)
• Speaking Indonesian, A Word or Two (TELKOM Indonesia)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Javanese

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Javanese-Indonesian-English Dictionary (Ohio U PLI Project)
• Javanese [under construction] (Ohio U PLI Project)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Javanese (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Speaking Javanese, A Word or Two (TELKOM Indonesia)
• LLC Javanese Resoucres (U Washington)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Kiribati

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• The Kiribati Language (BYUH Language Center)
• Hiram Bingham's Dictionary [ARJ-compressed Win95 app] (Sergey Nikiforov)
• Fabre's Polynesian Vocabularies (Steve Trussel)
• Hale's Tarawan Vocabulary (Steve Trussel)
• Letter from Anetipa to Arthur Grimble, 1921 [glossed text] (Steve Trussel)
• Kiribati Dictionary (Jonathan Willis-Richards)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Reid Cowell: Simplified Gilbertese Grammar (Henry Lundsgaarde)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Central Pacific Islands Project: Kiribati (Henry Lundsgaarde)

Malagasy

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• References on Malagasy Language and Linguistics (Charles Randriamasimanana)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Malagasy [shareware demo] (Liberation Philology)
• DOS
• Macintosh
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Usenet: soc.culture.malagasy

Malay

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Institut Bahasa Kuala Lumpur
• Language Data & Description
• Bahasa Malaysia - English Reference Guide (InfoMAL)
• English - Bahasa Malaysia Reference Guide (InfoMAL)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Malay (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• A Sampler of Bahasa Malaysia (Ooi Boon Kheng)
• Bahasa Malaysia for Travellers (travlang)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Malaysian Information Sources (Ian Chai)
• Malaysian Language Mailing Lists [index of electronic listservers] (Yamada LC)

Maori

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• The Center for Maaori Studies and Research [U Waikato]
• Maori Organizations in New Zealand Website
• School of Maori Studies [Wellington Polytechnic]
• Te Kawa a Maui [School of Maori Studies, Victoria U of Wellington]
• Te Moananui Kohanga Reo [Maori language preschool]
• Te Puni Kookiri [Ministry of Maori Development, Govt. of NZ]
• Te Tari Maori [Dept. of Maori Studies, U Otago]
• Te Tira Whakaemi Korero [Maori Research Center, Victoria U of Wellington]
• Te Waahanga Kaupapa Maaori [Maori Unit, NZCER]
• Te Wahanga Maori [Maori Dept., U Canterbury]
• Language Data & Description
• Maori Book Listings (Books Pasifika)
• Dialect and Te Reo Maori (Canterbury Public Library)
• Maori Language Resources (Educator Discs & Videos)
• Te Reo Tupu [Maori-English-Maori Encyclopedic Dictionary CD-ROM] (ERI)
• Maori Language Web Pages (Peter J. Keegan)
• The Multilingual Glossary of Internet Terminology: Maori (Peter Keegan)
• Ngata-Base: The H.M. Ngata English-Maori Dictionary online (Hori M. Ngata)
• Kimikupu Hou Lexical Database (Te Waahanga Kaupapa Maaori)
• Maori Bibliography (Te Whare Wananga o Waikato via Mark R. Laws)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Learn Maaori Language (BYUH Language Center)
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Maori (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Maori CALL Software Development (Mark R. Laws)
• CLAIM -- Computerised Learning Assistance in Maori (Mark R. Laws/Rodney Tamblyn)
• Index of Maori Courses (Maori Organizations in New Zealand)
• Kei Oho Te Taniwha [language learning game software] (ReddFish intergalactic)
• BYUH Maori Tutorial Services (Philip Smiler)
• Colouring-In Maori Dictionary (Starbright Publishing)
• Recent Publications (Te Waahanga Kaupapa Maaori)
• Maori University Education: Attitudes Toward Access and Admissibility of a Maori Ethic (Ratu T. Tibble)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Maori Language Software Products (Navigator Software Limited)
• Macron Fonts (ReddFish intergalactic)
• Te Kete Puumanawa Rorohiko [software kit] (ReddFish intergalactic)
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Ipurangi [discussion list in Maori] (Dept. of Maori Studies, U Otago)
• maori.com Website
• Nga Korero o te Wa [monthly digest of Maori news & information]
• Ngaa Matatiki Rorohiko [Maaori Electronic Resources] (Robert Sullivan)
• Te Herenga Waka (Te Tira Whakaemi Korero, Victoria U of Wellington)
• Usenet: soc.culture.new-zealand

Marshallese

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Basic Marshallese Phrasebook (RMI Online)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• RMI Online (RMI Embassy in the US)

Nauruan

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Delaporte's Nauruan Dictionary (Steve Trussel)
• Nauruan-English Vocabulary from Petit-Skinner (Steve Trussel)
• Nauruan Swadesh List (TIPP, Dept. Anthro, Yale U via Steve Trussel)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Neo-Melanesian

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: New Guinea Pidgin (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Bibliography of Melanesian Pidgin English Dictionaries, Phrase Books and Study Guides (Thomas H. Slone)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Pampangan

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Kapampangan-English-Pilipino Dictionary (Armando Regala)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Kapampangan Homepage (Dave Nepomuceno, Gil Malonzo II & Armando Regala)

Pitcairn English Pidgin

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Pitcairnese Language (Paul Lareau)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Ponapean

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Pohnpeian (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Pohnpei, FSM (PREL)

Rotuman

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Rotuman Dictionary [book ad] (Alan Howard)
• The Rotuman Language (Alan Howard)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Rotuma Website (Alan Howard)

Samoan

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Samoan Language Lessons (BYUH Language Center)
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Samoan (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Sasak

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• The Sasak Language (Peter Austin)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Sunda

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Sundanese [under construction] (Ohio U PLI Project)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Speaking Sundanese, A Word or Two (TELKOM Indonesia)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Tagalog

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Tagalog (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Tagalog Learning Resources (Filipino Home Page)
• Speak Tagalog (Jesus Dizon)
• Tagalog for Travellers (travlang)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Tahitian

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Tahitian Language (BYUH Language Center)
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Tahitian (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Tongan

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Tongan Greetings (Leimomi Alapa)
• Less Commonly Taught Languages: Tongan (CARLA, U Minnesota)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Tukang Besi

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• The Tukang Besi Language of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia [Ph.D. diss. summary] (Mark Donohue)
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Tuvalu

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• Donald Gilbert Kennedy: Handbook on the Language of the Ellice Islands (Henry Lundsgaarde)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources

Yapese

• Websites of Relevant Organizations
• Language Data & Description
• Learning & Teaching Resources
• The Alternative Yapese Dictionary (Hans-Christian Holm)
• Useful Computing Resources
• Related Regional & Cultural Resources
• Girdii nu Wa'ab (Jim Hahn)