List of major and official Austronesian languages



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

Languages with at least 3 million native speakers

 * Javanese (100 million)
 * Tagalog (Filipino) (47 million native, ~100 million total)
 * Indonesian (42 million native, ~270 million total)
 * Sundanese (42 million)
 * Malay (30 million)
 * Cebuano (22 million native, ~30 million total)
 * Malagasy (17 million)
 * Madurese (14 million)
 * Batak (8.5 million, all dialects)
 * Ilokano (8 million native, ~10 million total)
 * Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) (7 million native, ~11 million total)
 * Minangkabau (7 million)
 * Bugis (5 million)
 * Bikol (4.6 million, all dialects)
 * Banjar (4.5 million)
 * Acehnese (3.5 million)
 * Balinese (3 million)

Dialects of major Austronesian languages

 * Banyumas Javanese (15,000,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Kedah Malay (5,000,000 native, Malaysia)
 * Banten Sundanese (3,350,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Palembang Malay (3,100,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Central Bikol language (2,500,000 native, Philippines)
 * Batak Toba language (2,000,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Albay Bikol language (1,900,000 native, Philippines)
 * Kelantan Malay (1,600,000 native, Malaysia)
 * Pattani Malay (1,500,000 native, Thailand)
 * Perak Malay (1,400,000 native, Malaysia)
 * Batak Pakpak language (1,200,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Batak Simalungun language (1,200,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Batak Mandailing language (1,100,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Terengganu Malay (1,100,000 native, Malaysia)
 * Pahang Malay (1,000,000 native, Malaysia)
 * Batak Angkola language (750,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Jambi Malay (700,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Batak Karo language (600,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Osing Javanese (300,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Batak Alas language (200,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Itbayat language (3,500 native, Philippines)
 * Niihau dialect (500 native, Hawaii, United States)

Creoles and pidgins based on Austronesian languages

 * Betawi language (3,000,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Sabah Malay (3,000,000, Malaysia)
 * Manado Malay (850,000, Indonesia)
 * North Moluccan Malay (700,000, Indonesia)
 * Baba Malay (500,000, Indonesia and Malaysia)
 * Papuan Malay (500,000, Indonesia)
 * Ambonese Malay (250,000 native, Indonesia)
 * Sri Lanka Malay (50,000, Sri Lanka)
 * Lundayeh/Lun Bawang (55,000, East Malaysia Brunei and Indonesia)
 * Kelabit language (5,000, East Malaysia and Indonesia)
 * Cocos Malay (4,000, Australia and Malaysia)
 * Chetty Malay (300?, Malaysia)
 * Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin (40?, Australia)
 * Bahasa Rojak (?, Malaysia)