Canoe with outrigger - Outrigger canoe

Japanese: アウトリッガーつきカヌー - あうとりっがーつきかぬー
Canoe with outrigger - Outrigger canoe

...the general term for peoples who speak languages ​​belonging to the Austronesian language family, i.e., the Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian language family. Its distribution area stretches from Easter Island in the east to Madagascar in the west, but its original homeland is thought to have been southern China or Taiwan. This is because Taiwanese languages, which are thought to have branched out earliest among the Austronesian languages, are found in Taiwan, and Austroasiatic languages ​​and Kadai languages, which are thought to be related to Austronesian languages, are found from southern China to Indochina.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "outriggered canoe" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アウストロネシア語族つまり南島語族ないしマレー・ポリネシア語族に属する言語を用いる諸族の総称。その分布域は東はイースター島から西はマダガスカル島にまで及ぶが,その原郷は,中国大陸南部かあるいは台湾であったと考えられる。その理由は,アウストロネシア語族のなかで最も早く分岐したと思われる台湾諸語が台湾にあり,アウストロネシア語と親縁関係があると思われるアウストロアジア諸語やカダイ諸語が華南からインドシナにかけて分布しているからである。…

※「アウトリッガーつきカヌー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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