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VI PREFACE
Asụsụ Ezinụlọ Oke Osimiri na-adaba n'ọnọdụ na mpaghara mpaghara anọ bụ isi: Indonesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, na Polynesia. A na-achọta ihe ndị a ka ọ dị mma nkewa nke philological.
1. Otu Indonesian gụnyere asụsụ Mada- gascar na ndị nke Malay Archipelago; onye isi Ndị otu ya bụ Malagasy, Malay, asụsụ dị iche iche nke Philippines Islands, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, na nke agwaetiti ndị dị n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ chere New Guinea.
2. The Micronesia Group na-ewere na Caroline Islands, na Pellev, Marshall, na Gilbert Islands.
3. Asụsụ Melanesia bụ ndị a na-asụ ugbu a ndị bi na nnukwu yinye nke agwaetiti nke gbatịrị si East nke New Guinea ruo New Caledonia, gụnyere Fiji.
4. Asụsụ Polynesia nke Eastern Pacific dị mma mara dị ka ndị Samoa, Tonga, Hawaii, na Maori nke New Zealand.
N'ihe gbasara n'ozuzu nke ndị a dị ọtụtụ na mbara- gbasaa asụsụ, Mazị Sidney Ita akwalitela atụmatụ anọ. tions : 1. Okwu niile na-egosi ihe akaebe nke a nkịtị si malite. 2. The iche nke pụtara na ụtọ asụsụ bụ mgbanwe nke otu usoro kama iche nke nhazi. 3. Isi ihe na-ewuli elu bụ otu. 4. Asụsụ ndị ahụ dị n'ọkwa dị iche iche. Dition, nke kacha ọhụrụ bụ nke Polynesia.
N'izo aka n'asụsụ Mota karịsịa abụọ enwere ike iji uru metụ isi ihe. Maazị Pay achọpụtala ntụnyere nke ndepụta okwu abụọ ma ọ bụ karịa jikọtara ọnụ site n'akụkụ dị anya nke mpaghara nke Oceanic nwere Asụsụ na-adịkarịghị egosi nkwekọrịta; na nke a site mba pụtara naanị n'aha ihe ndị ahịa ga-eme buru ya . Ọ na-ahọpụta n'etiti ndị ọzọ okwu atọ, nnọchite anya. izipu English * akwukwo / 'fish-hook,' * fathom.' Mmalite na Malagasy na-ejedebe na ụdị Mota, ndị a enwere ike ịhazi okwu - Akwụkwọ: Malagasy, ravina, Malay, dawun, Philippine, dahon, Micronesia, ra, New Hebrides, rau^ Polynesia, rem, Mota, naịị. Nko: Malagasy, havitra, Malay, Hawit, Philippine, Tcait, Micronesia, kaj, New Hebrides, ngau, Mota, gau. Fathom: Malagasy, Refy^ Malay, depa, Sumatra, dopa, Celebes, refa, Philippine, dopa, New Guinea, Tof, Mota, afọ 7. Okwu ndị nwere ike n'ụzọ dị otu a ka a ga-esi wee gafee Ogologo oke osimiri na-abụkarị aha ndị na-abaghị uru
