Hesperonesian

Japanese: Hesperonesian
Hesperonesian

…These are the languages ​​spoken in the western part of the Austronesian language family, and are often referred to as the Western Austronesian or Hesperonesian in contrast to the Eastern (Oceanian) branch. It is a general term for the languages ​​found mainly in Indonesia, from Taiwan in the north to Roti Island in the south, and from Madagascar in the west to the central part of West Irian in the east, but it is not yet clear where the boundary with the Eastern branch lies, as many languages ​​have not been sufficiently investigated.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Hesperonesian" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アウストロネシア語族のうちの西部に行われる諸言語で,現在では,東部語派(オセアニア語派)に対して西部語派Western Austronesian,あるいはヘスペロネシア語派Hesperonesianと呼ばれることが多い。インドネシアを中心に,北は台湾から南はロティ島,西はマダガスカル島から東は西イリアンの中央付近までに分布する諸言語の総称だが,東部語派との境界がどこにあるかは,調査不十分な言語も多いためまだ明らかでない。…

※「Hesperonesian」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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