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The austronesian languages are divided into two branches: _________ and _________.

a. indonesian; oceanic
b. polynesian; micronesian
c. melanesian; new guinean
d. australian; pacific

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The Austronesian languages are divided into two branches: Indonesian and Oceanic (A).
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The correct answer is A. Indonesian; oceanic

Step-by-step explanation:

The Austronesian languages are a languages family that comprises most of the language spoken in the islands of the Pacific ocean, those in the Sotueahts Asia and island country Madagascar. This includes language such as the Filipino, the Malay, and the Javanese although more than one thousand languages are part of this family. Besides this, the languages included are commonly divided by linguistics into two main groups the first one is the oceanic subgroup that includes speakers from Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia and the second one is the Indonesian branch including speakers of the Indonesian peninsula. Therefore, the two main branches are the Indonesian and the Oceanic.

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