Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages

E213651

branch of Austronesian languages language subgroup

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages	22
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages	10
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages canonical	8
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian	3
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (narrow) languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1223887 — 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: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Context triple: [Malayo-Polynesian languages, hasSubgroup, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages]

A. 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.
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. Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
D. Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across the Polynesian islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, including languages such as Māori, Hawaiian, and Samoan.
E. Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Target entity description: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

A. 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.
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. Meso-Melanesian languages
The Meso-Melanesian languages are a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
D. Polynesian languages
Polynesian languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken across the Polynesian islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, including languages such as Māori, Hawaiian, and Samoan.
E. Austronesian languages
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Austronesian languages ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Eastern MP languages ⓘ
arealFeature	extensive reduplication ⓘ focus or voice systems ⓘ inclusive–exclusive first person plural distinction ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
descendedFrom	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Oceania ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage	Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ Proto-Oceanic ⓘ linked to: Proto-Oceanic language
hasSubgroup	Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (narrow) languages ⓘ linked to: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages Oceanic languages ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ
higherClassification	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
includesLanguage	Ambonese Malay ⓘ linked to: Ambon Malay Biak ⓘ Buli ⓘ Chuukese ⓘ linked to: Chuukese language Fijian ⓘ Gilbertese ⓘ linked to: Gilbertese language Hawaiian ⓘ Kawi ⓘ linked to: Kawi language Malagasy ⓘ Maori ⓘ linked to: Māori people Marshallese ⓘ linked to: Marshallese language Niuean ⓘ linked to: Niueans Rapa Nui ⓘ linked to: Easter Island Samoan ⓘ linked to: Samoan language Tagalog ⓘ Tetum ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ Tolai ⓘ linked to: Tolai people Tongan ⓘ Tuvaluan ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian ⓘ linked to: Austronesian languages
partOf	Austronesian languages ⓘ
spokenIn	Melanesia ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ eastern Indonesia ⓘ
subclassOf	Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
typicalMorphology	agglutinative ⓘ
typicalWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet local scripts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited