Austronesian language family

GPTKB entity

Statements (82)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:language_family
gptkbp:ancestor gptkb:Proto-Austronesian
gptkbp:has_dialects gptkb:Oceanic_languages
gptkb:Formosan_languages
Philippine languages
Batanic languages
Malagasy languages
over 1,200 dialects
gptkbp:has_influenced gptkb:French
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Portuguese
Chinese
English
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Austronesian language family
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Javanese
gptkb:Oceanic_languages
gptkb:Malayo-Polynesian_languages
gptkb:Tok_Pisin
gptkb:Bislama
gptkb:Palauan
gptkb:Chamorro
gptkb:Formosan_languages
gptkb:Western_Malayo-Polynesian_languages
gptkb:Kawaii_culture
gptkb:Rarotongan
Samoan
Tagalog
Cebuano
Fijian
Tongan
Philippine languages
Tahitian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Batanic languages
gptkbp:is_characterized_by vowel harmony
affixation
verb-initial word order
reduplication
focus system
gptkbp:is_divided_into Western Austronesian
Eastern Austronesian
gptkbp:is_essential_for gptkb:cultural_identity
gptkb:education
gptkb:communication
preservation of heritage
gptkbp:is_related_to gptkb:Afro-Asiatic_languages
gptkb:Tai-Kadai_languages
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
gptkb:Kawaii_culture
gptkb:Hmong-Mien_languages
Sino-Tibetan languages
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:Linguistics
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:media
gptkb:education
gptkb:religion
gptkb:literature
gptkb:government
anthropological studies
cultural studies
language revitalization programs
historical linguistics
sociolinguistics
linguistic research
language preservation efforts
gptkbp:language_support over 1,200
gptkbp:largest_language_family in the world by number of languages
gptkbp:notable_speakers over 300 million
gptkbp:originated_in gptkb:Taiwan
gptkbp:scientific_classification Language families
World languages
gptkbp:spoken_in gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkb:Pacific_Islands
gptkbp:system Abugida
Arabic script
Syllabary
Chinese characters
Latin alphabet
Indigenous scripts
Logographic system
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Southeast_Barito_languages
gptkb:Bajau_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6