Austronesian linguistic area
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The Austronesian linguistic area is a broad region encompassing the diverse but historically related languages of the Austronesian family, stretching from Madagascar through Island Southeast Asia into the Pacific.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Austronesian language area | 2 |
| Austronesian linguistic area canonical | 2 |
| Papunesia (Austronesian area including Indonesia) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23529992 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Austronesian linguistic area Context triple: [Philippine linguistic area, hasSuperordinate, Austronesian linguistic area]
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A.
Indo-Pacific linguistic area
The Indo-Pacific linguistic area is a proposed macro-area encompassing diverse, often non-Austronesian languages of the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions that are hypothesized to share deep historical connections and structural features.
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B.
Southeast Asia linguistic area
The Southeast Asia linguistic area is a region where languages from diverse families have converged to share common structural features such as tonal systems, analytic grammar, and similar word order due to long-term contact and diffusion.
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C.
Polynesian linguistic area
The Polynesian linguistic area is a group of closely related Oceanic languages spoken across the Polynesian islands, characterized by shared phonological, grammatical, and lexical features resulting from common ancestry and long-term contact.
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D.
Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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E.
Austronesian cultural sphere
The Austronesian cultural sphere is a broad maritime-based cultural and linguistic region spanning Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific, characterized by related Austronesian languages, seafaring traditions, and shared ancestral cultural practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Austronesian linguistic area
linked to: Austronesian linguistic area
linked to: Austronesian linguistic area