when mount tambora in indonesia erupted in 1815, the volcano killed all 10,000+ tambora people and wiped out their culture entirely. their extinct language was uniquely non-austronesian & we only know about it from a 48-word vocabulary list collected by colonial officials in 1814
For those interested I've updated my Austronesian Migration map to have more accurate datings with broad ranges and proper labeling, available on the linked post or on https://t.co/xauiSJQSzU in full quality with proper citations. I plan on fully remaking it at some point though.
Go check out the Austronesian Migration map on the Maptism site!
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Go check out the Austronesian Migration map on the Maptism site!
We're featuring guest authors too, and they get full control over how their work appears.
They can publish pseudonymously or under an ORCID in our Zenodo community with a DOI; write an accompanying article and link their socials; hold complete control over licensing and attribution; and even specify the steganographic trustmark embedded in the maps.
@dyhgy0819@haplogroupthink I believe it's either that Baiyue was a sister language of Proto-Austronesian or a direct ancestor of Austronesian, I'm not sure which