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Did Austronesian Migration Replace Existing Island Populations? - The Austronesian Dispersal and the Settlement of Island Southeast Asia | Sleepy Facts About History
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The Austronesian language family stretches from Madagascar to Easter Island, encompassing more than a thousand languages established across half the world before the era of European exploration. This episode examines how generations of voyagers moved through this vast island world using sophisticated maritime technology and how researchers reconstruct their movements without a single written record from the voyagers themselves.
The narrative traces the dispersal from its origins in Taiwan…
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