Some Austronesians decimal numerals have been reserved in Li and Ge-Yang languages, which shows the close contact between Kam-Tai languages and Austronesian in the mainland.
大陆的黎语和仡央语保留着南岛语的十进位数词，这表明它们与南岛语在大陆曾有过密切的接触。
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Tens of thousands of years ago, the Austronesians migrated their way through Papua New Guinea to colonise the Pacific. They probably started off in little bamboo craft, like this.