Malayo-Polynesian languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Malayo-Polynesian_languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Central-Eastern_Malayo-Polynesian gptkb:Western_Malayo-Polynesian
gptkbp:glottologCode	mala1536
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Malayo-Polynesian languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3	gptkb:topographic_map
gptkbp:language	over 1,200
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Indonesian gptkb:Malay gptkb:Sundanese gptkb:Cebuano gptkb:Maori gptkb:Samoan gptkb:Tongan gptkb:Madurese gptkb:Bikol Hawaiian Tagalog Fijian Javanese Malagasy
gptkbp:notableFeature	inclusive/exclusive pronouns focus system (in some languages) reduplication simple phonology verb-initial word order (in some languages)
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 300 million
gptkbp:originatedIn	Taiwan (disputed)
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Thailand_(southern) gptkb:Brunei gptkb:East_Timor gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Micronesia gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Pacific_Islands gptkb:Philippines gptkb:Singapore gptkb:Australia_(Torres_Strait_Islands) gptkb:Vietnam_(Chamic_languages) gptkb:Polynesia Melanesia Sri Lanka (Malays)
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Austronesian_languages gptkb:Formosan_languages
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:Oceania gptkb:Pacific_Islands gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkbp:spreadTo	gptkb:Austronesian_expansion
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:literature gptkb:public_administration gptkb:oral_tradition education
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Jawi gptkb:Hanunó'o gptkb:Latin_script gptkb:Baybayin gptkb:Buginese_script Arabic script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chamorro gptkb:Austronesian_languages gptkb:Malay_language gptkb:Cebuano gptkb:Hiligaynon gptkb:Puluwatese gptkb:Satawalese gptkb:Sonsorolese gptkb:Tahitian gptkb:Tobian gptkb:Tongan gptkb:Javanese_language gptkb:Betawi_Malay
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5