Dr. Lee Jen-kuei of Academia Sinica's Institute of History and Philology says that Austronesian languages all share similar words for tropical plants like sugar cane, coconuts, bananas, and bamboo and for sea creatures like sharks, squid, lobster, and sea turtles.
專家、學者逐字逐句地調查了百餘種南島語言後，找到某些共同詞彙，如甘蔗、椰子、香蕉、竹子等熱帶植物名稱，和鯊魚、烏賊、龍蝦、海龜等「海鮮」用語。「顯示他們是住在熱帶靠海區域」，李壬癸說。挖出史前史