pɐsˈɪfɪk lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪks wʌz ɪstˈæblɪʃt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː æz ɐ nˈɑːnpɹˈɑːfɪt pˈʌblɪʃɚɹ æt ðɪ ɔːstɹˈeɪliən nˈæʃənəl jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi, kˈænbɚɹə, pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪk bˈʊks sˈʌtʃ ɐz ɡɹˈæmɚz ænd dˈɪkʃənˌɛɹiz ɔnðə lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz ʌv ˌoʊʃɪˈɑːniə, ðə pɐsˈɪfɪk, ɔːstɹˈeɪliə, ɪndoʊnˈiːʒə, məlˈeɪʒə, ðə fˈɪlᵻpˌiːnz,  sˈaʊθiːst ˈeɪʒə, sˈaʊθ ˈeɪʒə, ænd ˈiːst ˈeɪʒə.
Pacific Linguistics was established in 1963 as a non-profit publisher at the Australian National University, Canberra, publishing linguistic books (such as grammars and dictionaries) on the languages of Oceania, the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,  Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia.