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Taiwan's gift to the world

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Study of the giant Austronesian language family tells us a great deal about the history of Pacific peoples and boatbuilding, as well as about Aboriginal Australia.

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Figure 1: The geographical span of Austronesian languages.

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Diamond, J. Taiwan's gift to the world. Nature 403, 709–710 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35001685

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