POST 7: "AUSTRONESIANS"

Saturday Morning
May 02, 2009
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SOME LINKS ON THE "AUSTRONESIANS":

http://austronesian.host-ed.net/people.htm
Note the DIVERSITY among the MEMBERS of this SUPERGROUP of HUMAN BEINGS...

http://austronesian.host-ed.net/GenInfo.htm
AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW by A. Hokulani Baltran...
Some of the original pioneering Malayologists put central importance on the POLYNESIANs particularly the HAWAIIANs... More or less SYNONYMS are: "NUSANTARA", "DUNIA M'LAYU",
"SOUTHEAST ASIA", "MALAYO-POLYNESIA" & "OCEANIA"... Of course, NOT EXACTLY & it depends on who is using the word... This is why some sort of a DEFINITION must be provided first by the MALAYOLOGIST in her discourse...

The AUSTRONESIANS have ALL THE MAJOR RELIGIONS represented within its territory... And they were some of the WORST VICTIMS OF WESTERN COLONIALISM in the past...

http://austronesian.host-ed.net/Map.htm
http://austronesian.host-ed.net/Languages.htm

http://austronesian.host-ed.net/GenInf5.gif
AUSTRONESIAN DISPERSAL
Two main competing views regarding the original birthplace of the Austronesians are the Southern China Theory (Including YUNNAN Theory) and the Taiwan/Formosa Island Theory... For some not-too-well-researched/shallow reasons, I hold on the the Borneo Island/"Central Nusantara" Origins...

http://austronesian.host-ed.net/map-spencer_4.jpg
The recent science of GENETICS is an important resource for MALAYOLOGISTS... Malayology should be a SCIENTIFIC study although many writings so far have been IDEOLOGICAL in character...

So, you see HOW MUCH IS THERE TO BE DONE in MALAYOLOGY? WELCOME TO THIS EXCITING FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE & I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION...

UMNP