PPH

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PPH is an abbreviation commonly used by linguists to refer to the reconstructed Proto-Philippine language, the hypothesized ancestor of the Philippine branch of the Austronesian language family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
PPH canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Proto-Philippine language
proto-language
reconstructed language
abbreviationFor Proto-Philippine
ancestorOf Bikol
linked to: Bikol language

Cebuano
linked to: Cebuano language

Central Luzon languages
Hiligaynon
linked to: Hiligaynon language

Ilocano
Kapampangan
Kinaray-a
Maguindanaon
Manobo languages
Maranao
Northern Luzon languages
Philippine languages
Southern Mindanao languages
Subanen languages
Tagalog
Waray-Waray
linked to: Waray of Samar
attestationStatus unattested
branch Philippine branch of Austronesian
descendsFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
fieldOfUse Austronesian linguistics
historical linguistics
linguistics
hasAbbreviation PPH
hasConceptType reconstructed proto-language
hasDomain historical-comparative linguistics
hasWritingSystem none (unattested; reconstructed only)
hypothesizedBy comparative method
languageFamily Austronesian
notation often written with a preceding asterisk to mark reconstructed forms
partOf Austronesian language family
reconstructedFrom Batanic languages
Greater Central Philippine languages
Philippine languages
reconstructionStatus hypothetical
relatedTo Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
spokenIn prehistoric Philippine archipelago
studiedIn Austronesian comparative studies
Philippine linguistics
subgroupOf Malayo-Polynesian languages
Philippine branch of Austronesian
timeDepth precolonial period
usedBy linguists

How these facts were elicited

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