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Re: Check out "Austronesian Language Comparison"

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Thursday, February 5, 2004, 15:28
Quoting J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>:


> Click Here: <A
>
HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/8908/firemount/austroframes.html">Austrone
sian

> Language Comparison</A>
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/8908/firemount/austroframes.html

This list gives _isla_ as a Tagalog and Hiligaynon word for "island", which
looks somewhat suspicious. A loan from Spanish?

                                                Andreas