Southeast Maluku languages

E650920

Austronesian language subgroup language family

The Southeast Maluku languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Southeast Maluku languages canonical	3
Buton languages	1
Southeast Moluccan languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7208361 — 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: Southeast Maluku languages
Context triple: [Central Malayo-Polynesian languages, hasSubgroup, Southeast Maluku languages]

A. Central Maluku languages
Central Maluku languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the central region of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.
B. Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
C. South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in eastern Indonesia, particularly in southern Halmahera and along the western coast of New Guinea.
D. Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the region.
E. Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of 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: Southeast Maluku languages
Target entity description: The Southeast Maluku languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages spoken in the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands.

A. Central Maluku languages
Central Maluku languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the central region of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.
B. Tanimbar languages
The Tanimbar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia.
C. South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
The South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken in eastern Indonesia, particularly in southern Halmahera and along the western coast of New Guinea.
D. Flores–Lembata languages
The Flores–Lembata languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken on the islands of Flores and Lembata in eastern Indonesia, known for their distinctive phonological and grammatical features within the region.
E. Celebic–South Halmahera languages
The Celebic–South Halmahera languages are a proposed subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in Sulawesi and the southern Halmahera region of eastern Indonesia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ language family ⓘ
arealFeature	influence from Papuan languages ⓘ
arealGroup	Banda Sea area ⓘ linked to: Banda Sea Timor area ⓘ
branchOf	Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ linked to: Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
geneticClassification	Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Southeast Maluku ⓘ
glottologCode	sout3225 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Southeast Malayo languages ⓘ Southeast Moluccan languages ⓘ linked to: Southeast Maluku languages
hasMember	Aru languages ⓘ Dawera-Daweloor language ⓘ Fordata language ⓘ Kei language ⓘ Kola language ⓘ Kurdu language ⓘ Leti language ⓘ Luang language ⓘ Meyah language ⓘ Moa language ⓘ Selaru language ⓘ Wetan language ⓘ linked to: Wetar language Yamdena language ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature	shared lexical innovations within the subgroup ⓘ shared phonological innovations within the subgroup ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	Banda languages ⓘ linked to: Central Banda languages Central Maluku languages ⓘ Timoric languages ⓘ
region	Aru Islands ⓘ Kei Islands ⓘ linked to: Kai Islands Maluku Islands ⓘ Southeast Maluku Regency ⓘ Tanimbar Islands ⓘ
spokenIn	southeastern Maluku Islands ⓘ linked to: Maluku Islands
status	many members are endangered ⓘ
studyField	Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ linked to: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
typology	predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
usedBy	indigenous communities of Southeast Maluku ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Central Malayo-Polynesian languages → hasSubgroup → Southeast Maluku languages ⓘ

subject linked to: Central MP languages

CMP languages → hasSubgroup → Southeast Maluku languages ⓘ

Babar languages → arealGrouping → Southeast Maluku languages ⓘ

Tukang Besi North → isRelatedTo → Buton languages ⓘ

linked to: Southeast Maluku languages

Southeast Maluku languages → hasAlternativeName → Southeast Moluccan languages ⓘ