Austronesian languages
E4098
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austronesian languages canonical | 1,607 |
| Austronesian | 460 |
| Austronesian language family | 84 |
| Old Malay | 2 |
| Austronesian language areas | 1 |
| Malagasy language group | 1 |
| Malayo-Polynesian languages | 1 |
| North Bornean languages | 1 |
| Proto-Javanese | 1 |
| Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language | 1 |
| South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages | 1 |
| Sundanese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58624 — 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.
Target entity: Austronesian languages Context triple: [Florida Islands, hasLanguageGroup, Austronesian languages]
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A.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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B.
Filipino
Filipinos are a Southeast Asian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines, known for their diverse Austronesian, Spanish, American, and Chinese cultural influences and a global diaspora.
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C.
Chamorro
Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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Asia
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, encompassing diverse cultures, languages, and landscapes across the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Austronesian languages Target entity description: 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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A.
Yuman language family
The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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C.
Filipino
Filipinos are a Southeast Asian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines, known for their diverse Austronesian, Spanish, American, and Chinese cultural influences and a global diaspora.
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D.
Chamorro
Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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E.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (165)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Austronesian languages
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surface form:
Austronesian
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| familyColor |
Austronesian languages
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
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| geographicDistribution |
Maritime Southeast Asia
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surface form:
Island Southeast Asia
Madagascar ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ Formosa ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
parts of mainland Asia ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Meso-Melanesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Admiralty Islands languages
Balinese language group ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Barito languages
Barito languages subgroup ⓘ Batanic languages ⓘ Batanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Batanic languages subgroup
Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikol languages
Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikol languages subgroup
Bikol language ⓘ
surface form:
Bikolano language group
Bima–Sumba languages ⓘ Bima–Sumba languages subgroup ⓘ Bisayan languages ⓘ Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Bornean languages
Buginese language group ⓘ Carolinean languages ⓘ Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form:
Cebuano language group
Celebic languages ⓘ Celebic–South Halmahera languages ⓘ Central Banda languages ⓘ Central Banda languages subgroup ⓘ Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Central Pacific languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages subgroup
Chamic languages subgroup ⓘ Chamorro ⓘ
surface form:
Chamorro language group
Chamorro ⓘ
surface form:
Chamorro language group (Mariana Islands)
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ Danao languages ⓘ Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Polynesian languages subgroup
Ellicean languages ⓘ Ellicean languages ⓘ
surface form:
Ellicean languages subgroup
Fijian languages ⓘ Fijian languages subgroup ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Fijian–Polynesian languages
Flores–Lembata languages ⓘ Flores–Lembata languages ⓘ
surface form:
Flores–Lembata languages subgroup
Formosan languages ⓘ Gilbertese language group ⓘ Gorontalo–Mongondow languages ⓘ Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ Hawaiian language group ⓘ Hiligaynon language group ⓘ Ilocano language group ⓘ Javanese ⓘ
surface form:
Javanese language group
Kapampangan language ⓘ
surface form:
Kapampangan language group
Carolinean languages ⓘ
surface form:
Kosraean language group
Lampungic languages subgroup ⓘ New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ
surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ
surface form:
Loyalty Islands languages subgroup
Madurese ⓘ
surface form:
Madurese language group
Makassarese language group ⓘ Austronesian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Malagasy language group
Malagasy language group (Madagascar) ⓘ Malayic languages ⓘ Malayic languages subgroup ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Malayo-Sumbawan languages
Mangarevan language group ⓘ Manobo languages ⓘ Māori ⓘ
surface form:
Maori language group
Marquesan language group ⓘ Marquesic languages ⓘ Marshallese language group ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Meso-Melanesian languages subgroup
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Meso-Melanesian languages subgroup (Oceanic)
Micronesian languages ⓘ Minahasan languages ⓘ Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ
surface form:
Mindanao languages
Southern Philippine languages subgroup ⓘ
surface form:
Mindanao languages subgroup
Muna–Buton languages ⓘ Muna–Buton languages ⓘ
surface form:
Muna–Buton languages subgroup
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ
surface form:
New Caledonian languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ
surface form:
New Caledonian languages subgroup
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ New Ireland languages ⓘ New Ireland languages subgroup ⓘ Niuean language group ⓘ Austronesian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
North Bornean languages
Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
North New Guinea languages
Vanuatu languages ⓘ
surface form:
North and Central Vanuatu languages
Vanuatu languages ⓘ
surface form:
North and Central Vanuatu languages subgroup
Philippine–Cordilleran languages ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Luzon languages
Northern Philippine languages subgroup ⓘ Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Solomonic languages subgroup
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Nuclear Micronesian languages
Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Nuclear Polynesian languages
Nuclear Polynesian subgroup ⓘ Nuclear Polynesian subgroup (Polynesian) ⓘ Remote Oceanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Oceanic languages
Palauan language group ⓘ Palauan language group (Micronesia) ⓘ Pangasinan language group ⓘ Papuan Tip languages ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ Philippine–Cordilleran languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ Rapa Nui language group ⓘ Rarotongan language group ⓘ Remote Oceanic languages ⓘ Remote Oceanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Remote Oceanic languages subgroup
Rotuman language group ⓘ Rotuman language subgroup ⓘ Sama–Bajaw languages ⓘ Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ Samoan language group ⓘ Samoan–Tokelauan languages ⓘ Samoan–Tokelauan languages subgroup ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Samoic–Outlier languages
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ Sangiric languages ⓘ Sasak language group ⓘ Central Banda languages ⓘ
surface form:
South Banda languages
South Banda languages subgroup ⓘ Austronesian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
South Sulawesi languages ⓘ Vanuatu languages ⓘ
surface form:
South Vanuatu languages
South Vanuatu languages subgroup ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages subgroup ⓘ Southern Luzon languages ⓘ New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Oceanic languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Oceanic languages subgroup
Southern Philippine languages subgroup ⓘ St George linkage ⓘ St George linkage subgroup ⓘ Sundanese language group ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Sunda–Sulawesi languages
Tagalog language group ⓘ Tahitian language group ⓘ Tahitic languages ⓘ Timoric languages ⓘ Timor–Babar languages ⓘ Timor–Babar languages ⓘ
surface form:
Timor–Babar languages subgroup
Tokelauan language group ⓘ Tongan language group ⓘ Tongic languages ⓘ Toraja languages subgroup ⓘ Tuamotuan language group ⓘ Tuvaluan language group ⓘ Vanuatu languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Wallisian–Futunan languages
Waray language group ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Oceanic languages ⓘ Western Oceanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Western Oceanic languages subgroup
Yapese language group ⓘ |
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Subject: Austronesian languages Description of subject: 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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