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Meaning of Proto-Malay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An Austronesian speaker who moved from mainland Asia to the Malay peninsula and Malay archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BC, before that of the Deutero-Malays about a thousand years later.

historical

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Proto-Malayic Proto-Malayo-Chamic Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan proto-manganese proto-matter

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