goth b on Nostr: Also, "Austronesian" is a colonial word to begin with. It was created by Dutch and ...

Also, "Austronesian" is a colonial word to begin with. It was created by Dutch and German researchers who studied the connections between these languages (and continued doing racist research for centuries later).

The connections between these languages and cultures are very real, but I find it strange to use such a Eurocentric word.