Barito languages subgroup

E34819

branch of the Austronesian language family language subgroup

The Barito languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily along the Barito River region of southern Borneo and known for its close historical links to the Malagasy language of Madagascar.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Barito languages	19
East Barito languages	11
West Barito languages	7
Greater Barito languages	6
North Barito languages	3
Barito language group	2
Southeast Barito languages	2
Barito languages proper	1
Barito languages subgroup canonical	1
Barito subgroup	1
Barito subgroup of Austronesian	1
East Barito subgroup	1
Greater Barito language	1
South Barito languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T200750 — 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: Barito languages subgroup
Context triple: [Austronesian languages, hasSubfamily, Barito languages subgroup]

A. Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
The Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by maritime Sama-Bajau peoples across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia.
B. Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
C. Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
D. Bisayan languages subgroup
The Bisayan languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines.
E. Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Barito languages subgroup
Target entity description: The Barito languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily along the Barito River region of southern Borneo and known for its close historical links to the Malagasy language of Madagascar.

A. Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup
The Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily by maritime Sama-Bajau peoples across the southern Philippines, eastern Malaysia, and parts of Indonesia.
B. Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
C. Gorontalo–Mongondow languages
The Gorontalo–Mongondow languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
D. Bisayan languages subgroup
The Bisayan languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in the Visayas and parts of Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines.
E. Bima–Sumba languages
The Bima–Sumba languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on the islands of Sumbawa and Sumba in eastern Indonesia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of the Austronesian language family ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
associatedWith	Barito River ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Malagasy language ⓘ linked to: Malagasy
geographicDistribution	Central Kalimantan ⓘ South Kalimantan ⓘ
glottoCategory	Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ
hasHistoricalLinkWith	Malagasy language ⓘ linked to: Malagasy
hasMemberLanguage	Bakumpai language ⓘ Dusun Malang language ⓘ Dusun Witu language ⓘ Lawangan language ⓘ Maanyan language ⓘ Malagasy language ⓘ linked to: Malagasy Ngaju language ⓘ Paku language ⓘ linked to: Bakumpai language Sampit language ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage	Proto-Barito ⓘ
hasSubgroup	East Barito languages ⓘ linked to: Barito languages subgroup Mahakam languages ⓘ North Barito languages ⓘ linked to: Barito languages subgroup West Barito languages ⓘ linked to: Barito languages subgroup
knownFor	historical relationship with Malagasy ⓘ role in Austronesian migration to Madagascar ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian ⓘ linked to: Austronesian languages
locatedIn	southern Borneo ⓘ
partOf	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
primaryRegion	Barito River basin ⓘ linked to: Barito River
reconstructedFrom	comparative linguistic evidence ⓘ
spokenIn	Indonesia ⓘ
spokenOn	island of Borneo ⓘ
studiedBy	comparative linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ
typologically	Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ linked to: Malayo-Polynesian languages

How these facts were elicited