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=== [[Austronesian languages]] ===
====[[Malay language|Malay]] ([[:ms:Bahasa_Melayu|bahasa Melayu]]) and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] ([[:id:Bahasa_Indonesia|bahasa Indonesia]])====
May contain the following:<br>
Prefixes: ''me-, mem-, memper-, pe-, per-, di-, ke-''<br>
Suffixes: ''-kan, -an, -i''<br>
Others (these almost always written in lowercase): ''yang, dan, di, ke, oleh, itu''<br>

[[Malay language|Malay]] and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] are mutually intelligible to proficient speakers, although translators and interpreters will generally be specialists in one or other language. See [[Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian]].

Frequent use of the letter 'a' (comparable to the frequency of the English 'e').

==== [[Polynesian languages]] ====
Most Polynesian languages use A E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V and [[ʻOkina|ʻ]] (sometimes written ' or Q)
** L : Nuclear Polynesian languages ([[Tongan language|Tongan]], [[Samoan language|Samoan]], [[Tuvaluan language|Tuvaluan]], [[Tokelauan language|Tokelauan]]...) as in ''fale''
** R : Eastern Polynesian languages ([[Māori language|NZ Māori]], [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]], [[Cook Islands Māori]], [[Rapa Nui language|Rapa Nui]]...) as in ''fare''
** K : most Polynesian languages except [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]], Samoan, Tahitian
** H : most Polynesian languages except Samoan  
** WH : NZ Māori (''whenua'')
*Consonants always separated by one or more vowels (''fenua'', ''Haʻapai'', ''ʻolelo'')
*Short and long vowels, written either with a macron (āēīōū) or by replication (aa, ee, ii, oo, uu)
*Frequent diphtongs (''oiaue'', ''māori'')
*Words always end with a vowel 
*Loanwords are translitterated (like in Japanese): ''Sesu Kilisito''=Jesus Christ, ''polokalama''=program)
*Frequent English or French loanwords (depending on colonial history)

===== [[Tongan language|Tongan]] (lea fakatonga) =====
* A E F H I K L M N NG O P S T U V ʻ
*ng (''Tonga''), h, endings in -onua (''fonua'')
*article ''te''
*frequent words: 'o, te, ki, mei, i, faka-
*English loanwords

===== [[Samoan language|Samoan]] (gagana samoa) =====
* A E F G I L M N O P S T U V ʻ
*no K letter, uses okina (ʻ) or nothing instead (''faka'' in Tongan is ''faʻa'' in Samoan)
*frequent use of L (''le'')
*frequent words: ''o'', ''e'', ''le'', ''se'', ''a'', ''i'', ''ma''

===== [[Wallisian]] (lea faka'uvea) =====
* A E F G H I K L M N O P S T U V ʻ
*distinguish from Tongan: g instead of ng (''tokaga'')
*article ''te''
*h is more frequent than s (''tahi'')
*frequent words: ko, te, ki, mai, i, o, ne'e, e, mo, faka-
*French loanwords

===== [[East Futunan]] (lea fakafutuna) =====
* A E F G H I K L M N O P S T U V ʻ
*article ''le''
*frequent words: ko, le, ki, mei, i, o, mo, faka-
*distinguish from Wallisian: S is more frequent than H (''tasi'')
*distinguish from Samoan: letter K
*French loanwords