Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian	1
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian (in some classifications)	1
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6243986 — 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: Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
Context triple: [Bungku–Tolaki languages, higherClassification, Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages]

A. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family is believed to have descended.
B. Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific, including languages such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Javanese, and Malagasy.
C. Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
D. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
E. Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
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: Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
Target entity description: Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across much of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

A. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family is believed to have descended.
B. Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific, including languages such as Indonesian, Tagalog, Javanese, and Malagasy.
C. Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
D. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
E. Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are a proposed group of Austronesian languages spoken mainly in eastern Indonesia, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations that distinguish them from neighboring Malayo-Polynesian branches.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nuclear MP ⓘ Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ linked to: Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
fieldOfStudy	Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfLanguages	hundreds ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	shared lexical innovations relative to other Austronesian branches ⓘ shared morphological innovations relative to other Austronesian branches ⓘ shared phonological innovations relative to other Austronesian branches ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution	Brunei ⓘ linked to: Brunei Darussalam East Timor ⓘ linked to: Timor-Leste Indonesia ⓘ Island Southeast Asia ⓘ linked to: Malay Archipelago Malaysia ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ Philippines ⓘ parts of Melanesia ⓘ parts of Polynesia ⓘ
hasMember	Balinese language ⓘ Bikol languages ⓘ linked to: Bicol languages Buginese language ⓘ Cebuano language ⓘ Chamorro language ⓘ linked to: Chamorro Fijian language ⓘ linked to: Fijian languages Hawaiian language ⓘ linked to: Hawaiian Ilocano language ⓘ Indonesian language ⓘ linked to: Indonesian Javanese language ⓘ linked to: Javanese Kiribati language ⓘ Madurese language ⓘ linked to: Madura language Makassarese language ⓘ linked to: Makassarese Malay language ⓘ linked to: Malay Maori language ⓘ linked to: Te Reo Māori Marshallese language ⓘ Palauan language ⓘ linked to: Palauan Samoan language ⓘ Standard Malay ⓘ linked to: Malay Sundanese language ⓘ linked to: Sundanese Tagalog language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ Tongan language ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
hasStatus	widely spoken subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Bima–Lembata languages ⓘ linked to: Bima–Sumba languages Celebic languages ⓘ Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ linked to: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages Flores–Lembata languages ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ South Sulawesi languages ⓘ Timor–Babar languages ⓘ
hasTemporalOrigin	prehistory of Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ
isDefinedBy	comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ
partOf	Austronesian language family ⓘ linked to: Austronesian languages
subclassOf	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bungku–Tolaki languages → higherClassification → Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ

Celebic branch of Austronesian → higherClassification → Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian (in some classifications) ⓘ

linked to: Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages

Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages → alsoKnownAs → Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ