马来半岛地区南岛语民族的形成初探

Preliminary Research on the Formation of Austronesian-speaking Peoples in Malay Peninsula

南岛语民族是一个重要的民族群体,这个民族群体主要分布在东南亚的海岛地区,是海岛地区的主体民族。但研究表明,这个民族群体并不是当地的土著,而是后来才迁徙过来的。大约在新石器时期,南岛语民族的先民已来到马来半岛地区。但在早期历史上,其势力还比较弱小,没有形成一个统一的中央集权国家。直到公元15世纪初马六甲崛起后,马来半岛的现代民族--马来人才得以形成。

Research result shows that Austronesian-speaking peoples are not aboriginals of Southeast Asia. Ancestors of these groups reached Ma- lay Peninsula about in the Neolithic Age. They were so weak that they did not found a unified centralized state during the early history. It was not until the rise of Malacca kingdom in early 15 century that modern Malays in Malay Peninsula have formed finally.