Austronesian languages
E4098
Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austronesian languages canonical | 1,607 |
| Austronesian | 460 |
| Austronesian language family | 84 |
| Old Malay | 2 |
| Austronesian language areas | 1 |
| Malagasy language group | 1 |
| Malayo-Polynesian languages | 1 |
| North Bornean languages | 1 |
| Proto-Javanese | 1 |
| Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language | 1 |
| South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages | 1 |
| Sundanese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58624 — 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.
Target entity: Austronesian languages Context triple: [Florida Islands, hasLanguageGroup, Austronesian languages]
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A.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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B.
Filipino
Filipinos are a Southeast Asian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines, known for their diverse Austronesian, Spanish, American, and Chinese cultural influences and a global diaspora.
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C.
Chamorro
Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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D.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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E.
Asia
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, encompassing diverse cultures, languages, and landscapes across the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Austronesian languages Target entity description: Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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A.
Yuman language family
The Yuman language family is a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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B.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
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C.
Filipino
Filipinos are a Southeast Asian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines, known for their diverse Austronesian, Spanish, American, and Chinese cultural influences and a global diaspora.
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D.
Chamorro
Chamorro is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous Chamorro people of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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E.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (165)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
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| familyColor |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
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| geographicDistribution |
Island Southeast Asia
ⓘ
linked to:
Maritime Southeast Asia
Madagascar ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Formosa
parts of mainland Asia ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Admiralty Islands languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Meso-Melanesian languages
Balinese language group ⓘ Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa languages ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Barito languages ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Barito languages subgroup ⓘ Batanic languages ⓘ Batanic languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Batanic languages
Bikol languages ⓘ
linked to:
Bikol language
Bikol languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Bikol language
Bikolano language group ⓘ
linked to:
Bikol language
Bima–Sumba languages ⓘ Bima–Sumba languages subgroup ⓘ Bisayan languages ⓘ Bisayan languages subgroup ⓘ Bornean languages ⓘ
linked to:
Greater North Borneo languages
Buginese language group ⓘ Carolinean languages ⓘ Cebuano language group ⓘ
linked to:
Cebuano language
Celebic languages ⓘ Celebic–South Halmahera languages ⓘ Central Banda languages ⓘ Central Banda languages subgroup ⓘ Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Central Pacific languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Oceanic languages ⓘ Central–Eastern Oceanic languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages
Chamic languages subgroup ⓘ Chamorro language group ⓘ
linked to:
Chamorro
Chamorro language group (Mariana Islands) ⓘ
linked to:
Chamorro
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ Danao languages ⓘ Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Eastern Polynesian languages ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian languages
Eastern Polynesian languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian languages
Ellicean languages ⓘ Ellicean languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Ellicean languages
Fijian languages ⓘ Fijian languages subgroup ⓘ Fijian–Polynesian languages ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian languages
Flores–Lembata languages ⓘ Flores–Lembata languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Flores–Lembata languages
Formosan languages ⓘ Gilbertese language group ⓘ Gorontalo–Mongondow languages ⓘ Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ Greater North Borneo languages ⓘ Hawaiian language group ⓘ Hiligaynon language group ⓘ Ilocano language group ⓘ Javanese language group ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese
Kapampangan language group ⓘ
linked to:
Kapampangan language
Kosraean language group ⓘ
linked to:
Carolinean languages
Lampungic languages subgroup ⓘ Loyalty Islands languages ⓘ
linked to:
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
Loyalty Islands languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
Madurese language group ⓘ
linked to:
Madurese
Makassarese language group ⓘ Malagasy language group ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Malagasy language group (Madagascar) ⓘ Malayic languages ⓘ Malayic languages subgroup ⓘ Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Malayo-Sumbawan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Mangarevan language group ⓘ Manobo languages ⓘ Maori language group ⓘ
linked to:
Māori
Marquesan language group ⓘ Marquesic languages ⓘ Marshallese language group ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages ⓘ Meso-Melanesian languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Meso-Melanesian languages
Meso-Melanesian languages subgroup (Oceanic) ⓘ
linked to:
Meso-Melanesian languages
Micronesian languages ⓘ Minahasan languages ⓘ Mindanao languages ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Central Philippine languages
Mindanao languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Philippine languages subgroup
Muna–Buton languages ⓘ Muna–Buton languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Muna–Buton languages
New Caledonian languages ⓘ
linked to:
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
New Caledonian languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages ⓘ New Ireland languages ⓘ New Ireland languages subgroup ⓘ Niuean language group ⓘ North Bornean languages ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
North New Guinea languages ⓘ
linked to:
Meso-Melanesian languages
North and Central Vanuatu languages ⓘ
linked to:
Vanuatu languages
North and Central Vanuatu languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Vanuatu languages
Northern Luzon languages ⓘ
linked to:
Philippine–Cordilleran languages
Northern Philippine languages subgroup ⓘ Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ Northwest Solomonic languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Solomonic languages
Nuclear Micronesian languages ⓘ
linked to:
Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages
Nuclear Polynesian languages ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian languages
Nuclear Polynesian subgroup ⓘ Nuclear Polynesian subgroup (Polynesian) ⓘ Oceanic languages ⓘ
linked to:
Remote Oceanic languages
Palauan language group ⓘ Palauan language group (Micronesia) ⓘ Pangasinan language group ⓘ Papuan Tip languages ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ Philippine–Cordilleran languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ Rapa Nui language group ⓘ Rarotongan language group ⓘ Remote Oceanic languages ⓘ Remote Oceanic languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Remote Oceanic languages
Rotuman language group ⓘ Rotuman language subgroup ⓘ Sama–Bajaw languages ⓘ Sama–Bajaw languages subgroup ⓘ Samoan language group ⓘ Samoan–Tokelauan languages ⓘ Samoan–Tokelauan languages subgroup ⓘ Samoic–Outlier languages ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian languages
Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup ⓘ Sangiric languages ⓘ Sasak language group ⓘ South Banda languages ⓘ
linked to:
Central Banda languages
South Banda languages subgroup ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
South Sulawesi languages ⓘ South Vanuatu languages ⓘ
linked to:
Vanuatu languages
South Vanuatu languages subgroup ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages ⓘ Southeast Solomonic languages subgroup ⓘ Southern Luzon languages ⓘ Southern Oceanic languages ⓘ
linked to:
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
Southern Oceanic languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
New Caledonian–Loyalty languages
Southern Philippine languages subgroup ⓘ St George linkage ⓘ St George linkage subgroup ⓘ Sundanese language group ⓘ Sunda–Sulawesi languages ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Tagalog language group ⓘ Tahitian language group ⓘ Tahitic languages ⓘ Timoric languages ⓘ Timor–Babar languages ⓘ Timor–Babar languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Timor–Babar languages
Tokelauan language group ⓘ Tongan language group ⓘ Tongic languages ⓘ Toraja languages subgroup ⓘ Tuamotuan language group ⓘ Tuvaluan language group ⓘ Vanuatu languages ⓘ Wallisian–Futunan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Polynesian languages
Waray language group ⓘ Western Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Oceanic languages ⓘ Western Oceanic languages subgroup ⓘ
linked to:
Western Oceanic languages
Yapese language group ⓘ |
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Subject: Austronesian languages Description of subject: Austronesian languages are a large and widely dispersed language family spoken across maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the Pacific Islands, and parts of mainland Asia.
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